Multilayer printed wiring board

ABSTRACT

A multilayer printed wiring board in which interlayer insulation layer and conductive layer are formed on a multilayer core substrate composed of three or more layers, having through holes for connecting the front surface with the rear surface and conductive layers on the front and rear surfaces and conductive layer in the inner layer to achieve electric connection through via holes, the through holes being composed of power source through holes, grounding through holes and signal through holes connected electrically to a power source circuit or a grounding circuit or a signal circuit of an IC chip, when the power source through holes pass through the grounding conductive layer of the inner layer in the core substrate, of the power source through holes, at least a power source through hole just below the IC having no conductive circuit extending from the power source through hole in the grounding conductive layer.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is a divisional of and claims benefit of priority under35 USC §120 to U.S. application Ser. No. 10/565,078, filed Jan. 18,2006, the entire contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference.U.S. application Ser. No. 10/565,078 is a National Stage ofPCT/JP2005/01610, file Feb. 3, 2005 and claims the benefit of priorityunder 35 USC §119 to Japanese Patent Application Nos. 2004-029201 filedFeb. 5, 2004 and 2004-028073 filed Feb. 4, 2004.

TECHNICAL FIELD

This invention relates to a multilayer printed wiring board and providesa technique related to a multilayer printed wiring board capable ofhaving improved electric characteristics and reliability without causingmalfunction, error or the like even if a high frequency IC chip,particularly an IC chip in a high frequency range of 3 GHz or higher ismounted thereon.

BACKGROUND ART

In forming a buildup type multilayer printed wiring board constitutingan IC chip package, interlayer insulating resin is formed on one of oreach of the surfaces of a core substrate having through holes formedtherein and via holes for interlayer conduction are opened by a laser orphoto etching, whereby an interlayer resin insulating layer is therebyformed. A conductor layer is formed on the via holes by plating or thelike and etching and the like are performed to form a pattern, thuscreating a conductor circuit. Further, by repeatedly forming theinterlayer insulating layer and the conductor layer, the buildupmultilayer printed wiring board is obtained. By forming solder bumps andexternal terminals (PGA/BGA's or the like) on the front layer of theboard at need, the board becomes a substrate capable of mounting an ICchip thereon or a package substrate. The IC chip is C4 (flip-chip)mounted, whereby the IC chip is electrically connected to the substrate.

As prior art of the buildup type multilayer printed wiring board, thereare known JP 6-260756A and JP 6-275959A. In both of the publications, aland is formed on a core substrate having through holes filled withresin filler, interlayer insulating layers having via holes formedtherein are provided on the both surfaces of the substrate,respectively, a conductor layer is formed by an additive method and theconductor layer is connected to the land, thereby obtaining a highdensity multilayer wiring board having fine wirings formed thereon.

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION Object to be Solve the Invention

Prior Art 1: JP 6-260756A is incorporated herein by reference.Prior Art 2: JP 6-275959A is incorporated herein by reference.

However, as the frequency of an IC chip is higher, the frequency ofoccurrence of malfunction or error becomes higher. Particularly if thefrequency of the IC chip exceeds 3 GHz, the frequency of occurrence ofmalfunction or error considerably increases. If the frequency exceeds 5GHz, the IC chip often turns inoperative. Due to this, a computerincluding the IC chip as a CPU cannot perform operations that thecomputer should do, i.e., cannot perform desired functions andoperations such as the recognition of an image, the changeover of aswitch and the transmission of data to the outside of the computer.

If the substrate for an IC chip of this type is to be subjected to anon-destructive test and to be dissembled, no problems such asshort-circuit or opens do not occur to the substrate itself and if theIC chip having a low frequency (particularly less than 1 GHz) is mountedon the substrate, then no malfunction or error occurs to the IC chip.

To solve the above objection, in Japan patent application No.2002-233775, the inventors suggested the printed circuit board of whichthe thickness of the conductor layer in the core substrate is largerthan the thickness of the conductor layer on the interlayer insulatinglayer. However, in the above invention, the insulating clearance betweenthe circuit patterns is narrow in the core substrate having the finepattern and the printed circuit board has low insulating reliability.

The first object of the present invention is to provide a multilayerprinted wiring board capable of being constituted as a printed board ora package substrate free of malfunction or error even with an IC chip ina high frequency range, particularly, with a frequency exceeding 3 GHz.

According to the second invention, as a countermeasure for malfunctionunder high frequency, the inventor of the present invention consideredproviding a multilayer core substrate with a thick conductive layerusing the multilayer core substrate as a core substrate.

This multilayer printed wiring board will be described with reference toFIG. 35. In the multilayer printed wiring board 10, a multilayer coresubstrate 30 is used. An interlayer insulation layer 50 in which viaholes 60 and conductor circuits 58 are formed and an interlayerinsulation layer 150 in which via holes 160 and conductor circuit 158are formed are disposed on a signal circuit 34S, a power source circuit34P and a grounding circuit 34E on the surface of the multilayer coresubstrate 30. Solder resist layer 70 is formed above the via hole 160and the conductor circuit 158 and bump 76U, 76D are formed in the viahole 160 and conductor circuit 158 through an opening portion 71 of thesolder resist layer 70.

The power source circuit 34P above the multilayer core substrate 30 isformed as a plain layer for power source and a grounding circuit 34Elocated below is formed as a plain layer for grounding. Further, agrounding circuit 16E as an inner layer and a dummy land 16D extendingfrom a power source through hole 36THP are formed on the front surfaceside inside the multilayer core substrate 30 and on the rear surfaceside thereof are formed a power source circuit 16P and a dummy land 16Dextending from a grounding through hole 36THE. The dummy land refers toa conductor circuit extending from a through hole, meaning a wiringpattern not conductive with other wiring in the same layer or wiringpattern (16D1 in FIG. 36 (A)) connecting the same potentialelectrically. The grounding circuit 16E located above is formed as aplain layer for grounding and the power source circuit 16P located belowis formed as a plain layer for power source. FIG. 36 (A) shows asectional view taken along X4-4 in FIG. 35 and FIG. 36 (B) shows asectional view taken along X5-X5. A through hole 36 is provided toconnect the front and rear surfaces of the multiplayer core substrate30. The dummy land 16D is provided around a through hole 36 notconnected to the grounding circuit 16E and the power source circuit 16P.A non-conductor forming portion (non-conductor forming portion cavity35) for securing insulation between the dummy land and other wiringpattern exists around the dummy land. If a through hole having the samepotential is located at a neighboring position as shown in FIG. 36(A),dummy lands 16D1 formed together around the through holes may be formeddepending on a case.

By thickening the grounding circuits 16E, 16P of the multilayer coresubstrate 30 in the multilayer printed wiring board having such astructure, it has been made evident that of IC voltage drops which occurmultiple times after the switch is turned ON, a third voltage drop isimproved. However, it has been made evident that first and secondvoltage drops are not improved largely.

The second invention has been achieved to solve the above-mentionedproblem and an object of the invention is to propose a multilayerprinted wiring board which enables to construct an IC chip in highfrequency region, particularly a printed substrate or a packagedsubstrate in which no malfunction or error occurs even if 3 GHz isexceeded, particularly to improve the first and second voltage drops ofvoltage drops which occur after the switch is turned ON.

Means for Solving the Problem First Invention

As a result of accumulated researches for achieving the above-mentionedobject, the inventor and other people have reached the first inventionhaving a following content as its configuration. That is, according to afirst invention, there is provided a multilayer printed wiring board inwhich interlayer insulation layer and conductive layer are formed on acore substrate so as to achieve electric connection through via holes,at least one of sums of thicknesses of conductive layers for powersource or for grounding of a core substrate is larger than thethicknesses of the conductive layers on interlayer insulation layer.

The feature of the present invention exists in using a multilayer coresubstrate as the core substrate and not increasing the thickness ofconductive layer only on the front and rear surfaces of the coresubstrate but increasing the sum of respective conductive layers. Incase of the multilayer core substrate, the total thickness of theconductive layers on the front and rear surfaces of the core substrateand conductive layer in the inner layer is a thickness for contributingto supply of power to the IC and stabilization thereof. This case isapplied when electric connection exists between the conductive layer onthe front surface layer and the conductive layer in the inner layerwhile the electric connections are secured at two or more positions.That is, by adopting the multilayer structure to increase the sum of thethicknesses of the respective conductive layers of the multilayer coresubstrate and using the conductive layer of the core as a conductivelayer for power source, the capacity of supply of power to the IC chipcan be improved. Further, by using the conductive layer of the core as agrounding layer, noise which overlaps a signal or power of the IC chipcan be reduced and power can be supplied stably to the IC. Thus, when anIC chip is mounted on the multilayer printed substrate, loop inductancefrom the IC chip to the substrate to power source can be reduced. Thus,shortage of power at the initial operation decreases so that theshortage of power becomes unlikely to occur and thus, even if the ICchip for high frequency region is mounted, malfunction or error at theinitial startup is not induced. Further, noise is reduced therebygenerating no malfunction or error.

Further, by adopting the multilayer core substrate, the thickness of therespective conductive layers of the multilayer core substrate can bedecreased while securing the sum of the thicknesses of the conductivelayers of the multilayer core substrate. That is, because an insulationinterval between the wiring patterns can be surely secured even if afine wiring pattern is formed, it is possible to provide a printedwiring board having a high insulation reliability.

As other effect, by increasing the thickness of the conductive layer forpower source or grounding of the core substrate, the strength of thecore substrate is intensified. Even if the core substrate itself isthinned, warpage or generated stress can be relaxed in the substrateitself.

Further, even if the power is supplied to the IC chip via the ICchip—the substrate-capacitors or the power supply layer—power, the sameadvantage can be exhibited. The loop inductance can be decreased. Forthis reason, no loss occurs to the supply of power to the capacitors ordielectric layers. In the first place, the IC chip performs complexarithmetic processings and operations while instantaneously consumingpower. By supplying power from the power supply layer to the IC chip, itis possible to supply the power without the need to mount manycapacitors even if the IC chip in a high frequency range is mounted andpower shortage (a state of the occurrence of voltage drop) occurs in theinitial operation. Power shortage (voltage drop) in the initialoperation occurs so as to employ the IC chip in the high frequencyrange. If the conventional IC chip is used, the necessary power issufficiently supplied by the capacity of the capacitors or dielectriclayers.

Particularly if the total thickness of the conductor layers serving asthe power supply layers of the core substrate is larger than thethickness of the conductor layer on the interlayer insulating layer oneach surface or both surfaces of the core substrate, the threeadvantages stated above can be maximized. The conductor layer on theinterlayer insulating layer means herein a conductor layer formed on aninterlayer resin insulating layer of build-up part of the build-upprinted circuit board (In the present invention, 58, 158 in FIG. 8)

The power supply layer of the core substrate may be arranged on thesurface layer or inner layer of the substrate or on each of the surfacelayer and the inner layer. If the power supply layer is formed on theinner layer, a plurality of layers of two or more may be arranged.Basically, as long as total thickness of the power supply layers of thecore substrate is thicker than the conductor layer of the interlayerinsulating layer, the advantage of the power supply layer can beexhibited.

It is, however, preferable to form the power supply layer on the innerlayer. If it is formed on the inner layer, the power supply layer isarranged between the IC chip and the external terminals or capacitors.Due to this, the distances between the IC chip and the externalterminals or capacitors are uniform, which decreases hampering factorsand can suppress power shortage.

Further, according to the present invention, a multilayer printed wiringboard having an interlayer insulating layer and a conductor layer formedon a core substrate, the conductor layer being electrically connectedthrough a via hole, is characterized in that

if a total thickness of the conductor layers on said core substrate isα1 and a thickness of the conductor layer on the interlayer insulatinglayer is α2, α1 and α2 satisfy α2 <α1 ≦40α2.

At α1≦α2, the advantage against the power shortage is not exhibited atall. That is, it is not clear that the voltage drop which occurs in theinitial operation is suppressed.

A case in which α1 exceeds 40α2 (α1>40α2) has been also considered.However, the electrical characteristics of α1 are basically equal tothose of 40α2. That is, it is understood that 40α2 is a critical pointof the advantage of the present application. Even if α1 is larger than40α, the improvement of the electrical advantage cannot be expected.Nevertheless, if α1 exceeds 40αand the conductor layer is formed on thesurface layer of the core substrate, it is difficult to form lands orthe like for the connection of the conductor layer to the coresubstrate. If the further upper interlayer insulating layer is formed,irregularities grow and waviness sometimes occurs to the interlayerinsulating layers and impedances cannot be matched. However, that range(α1 >40α2) does not often cause any problem depending on the materials.

It is more preferable that α1 satisfies 1.2α2≦α1≦40α2. It is confirmedthat the malfunction, error or the like of the IC chip due to the powershortage (voltage drop) does not occur.

The core substrate means herein a resin substrate the core material ofwhich, such as glass epoxy resin, is impregnated, a ceramic substrate, ametal substrate, a composite core substrate using a combination ofresin, ceramic and metal, a substrate having a (power supply) conductorlayer provided on the inner layer of the substrate, a multilayer coresubstrate having three or more conductor layers formed thereon, or thelike.

To make the total thickness of the conductor of the power supply layersthick, the conductor layer may be formed on the substrate buried withmetal by an ordinary method in relation to the printed wiring board forforming the conductor layer by plating, sputtering or the like.

Further, according to the present invention, a multilayer printed wiringboard having an interlayer insulating layer and a conductor layer formedon a core substrate, the conductor layer being electrically connectedthrough a via hole, is characterized in that

if a total thickness of the conductor layers for earth on said coresubstrate is α3 and a thickness of the conductor layer on the interlayerinsulating layer is α2, α3 and α2 satisfy α2<α3≦40α2.

In the range, the noise on the signal power supply to the IC chip can bereduced. The power supply to the IC has high reliability. In the rage of1.2α2 <α3≦40α2, the advantage can be improved.

In case of a multilayer printed wiring board having a plurality oflayers made of materials equal in thickness and built up, the layerhaving the power supply layer as the conductor layer on the printedboard or the substrate is defined as the core substrate.

It is also preferable that the multilayer core substrate is such that arelatively thick conductor layer is provided on the inner layer, arelatively thin conductor layer is provided on the surface layer andthat the conductor layer on the inner layer is a conductor layer mainlyfor a power supply layer or an earth. (Relatively thick and relativelythin mean herein that if the thicknesses of all the conductor layers arecompared and there are a relatively thick layer and a relatively thinlayer, then the inner layer is relatively thick to the other conductorlayers and the surface layer is relatively thin.) The surface conductivelayer can be used as the power supply of the earth, one surface layercan be used as the power supply and the other surface can be used as theearth.

Namely, by arranging the thick conductor layer on the inner layer side,it is possible to form the resin layer to cover the conductor layer onthe inner layer and ensure the flatness of the core even if thethickness of the thick conductor layer is arbitrarily changed. Due tothis, waviness does not occur to the conductor layer of the interlayerinsulating layer. Even if the thin conductor layer is arranged on thesurface layer of the multilayer core substrate, it is possible to securea sufficient thickness of the conductor layers as those of the core byadding together the thicknesses of the thin conductor layer and theconductor layer on the inner layer. By employing the conductor layersfor power supply layers or earth layers, it is possible to improve theelectrical characteristics of the multilayer printed wiring board.

In case of a multilayer core substrate, it is preferable that theconductor layer on the inner layer is made relatively thick and used asa power supply layer, and that the conductor layers on the surface layerare formed to put the conductor layer on the inner layer therebetweenand used as signal lines. With this structure, it is possible tointensify power as described above.

Furthermore, by arranging the signal line between the conductor layersin the core substrate, it is possible to form a micro-strip structure.Due to this, it is possible to decrease inductance and to matchimpedances to one another. It is thereby possible to stabilize theelectric characteristics of the multilayer printed wiring board. It isfurther preferable that the conductor layer on the surface layer isrelatively thin. The through hole pitch of the core substrate may be notmore than 600 μm.

It is preferable that the multilayer core substrate is constituted sothat the conductor layer on the inner layer is formed on the eachsurface of the metallic plate electrically connected to the conductorlayer through a resin layer and that the conductor layer on the surfaceis formed outside of the inner layer conductor layer through a resinlayer. By arranging the electrically insulated metallic plate in thecentral portion, it is possible to secure sufficient mechanicalstrength. Further, by forming the inner layer conductor layer on eachsurface of the metallic plate through the resin layer and forming thesurface conductor layer outside of the inner layer conductor layerthrough the resin layer, it is possible to impart symmetry to the bothsurfaces of the metallic plate and to prevent the occurrence of warps,waviness and the like in a heat cycle and the like.

The multilayer core substrate maybe constituted so that the conductorlayer on the inner layer is formed on the each surface of the metallicplate, low coefficient of thermal expansion metal like a 36 alloy or 42alloy, electrically connected to the conductor layer through aninsulating layer and that the conductor layer on the surface is formedoutside of the inner layer conductor layer through an insulating layer.By arranging the electrically insulated metallic plate in the centralportion, it is possible to bring close the coefficient of thermalexpansion in X-Y direction on the printed circuit board and the ICthereof. A small part heat cycle character of the resin layer of theinterference between the printed circuit board and the IC can beimproved. Further, by forming the inner layer conductor layer on eachsurface of the metallic plate through the insulating layer and formingthe surface conductor layer outside of the inner layer conductor layerthrough the insulating layer, it is possible to impart symmetry to theboth surfaces of the metallic plate and to prevent the occurrence ofwarps, waviness and the like in a heat cycle and the like.

In FIG. 10, the vertical axis indicates voltage supplied to the IC chipand the horizontal axis indicates passage of time. In FIG. 10, printedwiring boards without capacitors for the power supply of IC chip withhigh frequency of 1 GHz or higher are used as models. A curve A showsthe change of the voltage to an IC chip with 1 GHz with the passage oftime, and a curve B shows the change of the voltage to an IC chip with 3GHz with the passage of time. According to each voltage change withtime, when the IC chip starts to be actuated, a large quantity of powermay be instantaneously required. If the supply of power is insufficient,voltage drops (at point X or X′). Thereafter, the power to be suppliedis gradually added, so that the voltage drop is eliminated. However, ifthe voltage drops, malfunction or error tends to occur to the IC chip.That is, a defect caused by the insufficient function or actuation ofthe IC chip due to lack of the supply of power occurs. This powershortage (voltage drop) grows as the frequency of the IC chip is higher.Due to this, it takes time to solve the voltage drop problem and a timelag occurs in allowing the IC to perform a desired function or actuatingthe IC.

To compensate for the power shortage (voltage drop), the IC chip isconnected to an external capacitor and the power accumulated in thecapacitor is discharged, whereby the power shortage or voltage dropproblem can be solved.

In FIG. 11, printed boards with capacitors are used as models. A curve Cshows the change of the voltage to the IC chip with 1 GHz with thepassage of time if a small capacity of a capacitor is mounted on theboard. Compared with the curve A which shows a case where the capacitoris not mounted, the degree of the voltage drop of the curve C is low.Further, a curve D shows the change of the voltage to the IC with thepassage of time similarly to the curve C if a capacitor larger incapacity than the capacitor mounted in case of the curve C. Comparedwith the curve C, the degree of the voltage drop of the curve D islower. Thus, in case of the curve D, it is possible to function andactuate a desired chip in short time. However, as shown in FIG. 10, ifthe frequency of the IC chip is higher, a larger capacity of thecapacitor may be required. As a result, the region on which thecapacitor is mounted needs to be established. Therefore it is difficultto secure the voltage, it is impossible to improve the operation andfunction of the IC chip and it is difficult to improve the density ofthe IC chip.

FIG. 12 is a graph if the total thickness of the conductor layers forpower supply of the multilayer core substrate is α1 and that of theconductor layer on the interlayer insulating layer is α2. In FIG. 12, acurve C shows the change of the voltage with the passage of time if asmall capacity of a capacitor is mounted on an IC chip with 1 GHz andα1=α2. A curve F shows the change of the voltage with the passage oftime if a small capacity of a capacitor is mounted on the IC chip with 1GHz and α1=1.5α2. A curve E shows the change of the voltage with thepassage of time if a small capacity of a capacitor is mounted on the ICchip with 1 GHz and α1=2.0α2. As the total thickness of conductor layersof the core is thicker, the power shortage or voltage drop becomeslower. Due to this, it may be said that the malfunction of the IC chipless occurs. By making the total thickness of the conductor layers forthe power supply of the core substrate thick, the volumes of theconductor layers increase. If the volumes increase, the conductorresistances decrease, so that the loss of the power to be transmitted tothe voltage or current is eliminated. As a result, power is suppliedwhile the transmission loss between the IC chip and the power supply islowered, no malfunction or error occurs to the IC chip. This is mainlythanks to the total thickness of the conductor layer as the power supplylayer; by making the total thickness the conductor layer as the powersupply layer of the core substrate thicker than that on the otherinterlayer insulating layer, the advantage can be exhibited.

Furthermore, even if the core substrate includes electronic componentssuch as capacitors, dielectric layers or resistances, this advantage isconspicuously exhibited. By including the electronic components in thesubstrate, it is possible to shorten the distance between the IC chipand each capacitor or dielectric layer. It is, therefore, possible todecrease the loop inductance. It is possible to decrease the powershortage or voltage drop. In case of the core substrate includingtherein capacitors or dielectric layers, for example, by making thethicknesses of the conductor layers of the core substrate and theconductor layers as the power supply layer larger than the conductorlayers on the interlayer insulating layers, it is possible to decreasethe resistances of the conductors of both the main power supply and thepower of the included capacitors or dielectric layer, thereby making itpossible to decrease transmission loss and to further exhibit theadvantage of the substrate including therein capacitors.

As the core substrate, the resin substrate is employed. However, it isdiscovered that the ceramic or metal core substrate exhibits the sameadvantage. As the material of the conductor layer, copper is employed.Even if the other metals are employed, it is not confirmed that theadvantage is cancelled and malfunction or error occurs to the IC chip.It, therefore, appears that the advantage is not influenced by thedifference in the material of the core substrate or the difference inthe material of the conductor layers. It is more preferable that theconductor layers of the core substrate and those of the interlayerinsulating layer are made of the same metal. This is because theadvantages of the present application can be exhibited since there is nodifference in such characteristics as electrical characteristics and thecoefficient of thermal expansion and physical properties between theconductor layers of the core substrate and those of the interlayerinsulating layers.

Effect of the First Invention

According to the first invention, resistance of conductor from the ICchip to the substrate to the power source can be reduced therebytransmission loss being reduced. Consequently, transmitted signal orpower can exert its own specified capacity. As a result, the functionand operation and the like of the IC chip are executed normally, so thatno malfunction or error occurs. Resistance of conductor from the IC chipto the substrate to grounding can be reduced, so that overlapping ofnoise on a signal line and power line is reduced, thereby preventingmalfunction and error.

Further, according to the first invention, it is evident that the degreeof the shortage of power (voltage drop) generated at the time of initialstartup of the IC chip decreases and that even if an IC chip for highfrequency region, particularly an IC chip of 3 GHz or more is mounted,it can be started without any problem. Thus, the electric characteristicand electric connectivity can be improved.

By forming the core substrate into a multilayer structure to increasethe sum of thicknesses of the conductive layers, a printed wiring boardhaving an excellent insulation reliability can be obtained.

Resistance of a circuit of the printed substrate can be reduced ascompared with a conventional printed substrate. Thus, if reliabilitytest (high temperature, high humidity bias test) is carried out underhigh temperatures and high humidity by applying bias, it takes longer todestroy and therefore the reliability can be improved.

Further, because resistance of the conductive layer for power sourcelowers, heat generation can be suppressed even if a large amount ofelectricity flows. The same thing can be said of the grounding layer.From this point of view, malfunction is unlikely to occur and thereliability of the printed wiring board after the IC is mounted isincreased.

Second Invention

As a result of accumulated researches for achieving the above-mentionedobject, as the second invention, the inventor of the present inventionand other people have reached an invention having a content describedbelow as composition elements. That is,

according to the second invention, there is provided a printed wiringboard in which interlayer insulation layer and conductive layer areformed on multilayer core substrate composed of three or more layers,having a plurality of through holes for connecting the front surfacewith the rear surface and conductive layers on the front and rearsurfaces and conductive layer in the inner layer so as to achieveelectric connection through via holes, the plurality of through holesbeing composed of a plurality of power source through holes, a pluralityof grounding through holes and a plurality of signal through holesconnected electrically to a power source circuit or a grounding circuitor a signal circuit of an IC chip, when the power source through holespass through the grounding conductive layer of the inner layer in themultilayer core substrate, of the plurality of power source throughholes, at least a power source through hole just below the IC or 70% ormore power source through holes having no conductive circuit extendingfrom the power source through hole in the grounding conductive layer,

or/and when the grounding through holes pass through the power sourceconductive layer of the inner layer in the multilayer core substrate, ofthe plurality of grounding through holes, at least a grounding throughhole just below the IC or 70% or more grounding through holes having noconductive circuit extending from the grounding through hole in thepower source conductive layer.

However, all the through holes just below the IC do not need to beformed as through holes having the above-mentioned feature and thepresent invention may be applied to part of the through holes.

That is, in this case, there is provided a printed wiring board in whichinterlayer insulation layer and conductive layer are formed onmultilayer core substrate composed of three or more layers, having aplurality of through holes for connecting the front surface with therear surface and conductive layers on the front and rear surfaces andconductive layer in the inner layer so as to achieve electric connectionthrough via holes, the plurality of through holes being composed of aplurality of power source through holes, a plurality of groundingthrough holes and a plurality of signal through holes connectedelectrically to a power source circuit or a grounding circuit or asignal circuit of an IC chip,

when the power source through holes pass through the groundingconductive layer of the inner layer in the multilayer core substrate, ofthe plurality of power source through holes, part of power sourcethrough holes just below the IC having no conductive circuit extendingfrom the power source through hole in the grounding conductive layer,and when the grounding through holes pass through the power sourceconductive layer of the inner layer in the multilayer core substrate, ofthe plurality of grounding through holes, part of the grounding throughholes just below the IC having no conductive circuit extending from thegrounding through hole in the power source conductive layer.

Another feature of the present invention exists in that the power sourcethrough holes having no conductor circuit extending from the powersource through hole in the grounding conductive layer and the groundingthrough holes having no conductor circuit extending from the groundingthrough hole in the power source conductive layer are disposed in theform of a grid or in the staggered fashion. In this case, preferably,the power source through holes and the grounding through holes aredisposed alternately.

Hereinafter, the power source through hole having no conductor circuitextending from the power source through hole in the grounding conductivelayer is called power source through hole having no dummy land. Thegrounding through hole having no conductor circuit extending from thegrounding through hole in the power source conductive layer is calledgrounding through hole having no dummy land or just through hole havingno dummy land.

Still another technological feature exists in that relative to thethickness α2 of the conductive layer on the interlayer insulation layer,the sum α1 of the thicknesses of the power source conductive layers inthe multilayer core substrate is in a relation of α2<α1≦40α2.

Still another technological feature exists in that relative to thethickness α2 of the conductive layer on the interlayer insulation layer,the sum α3 of the thicknesses of the grounding conductive layers in themultilayer core substrate is in a relation of α3<α1≦40α2.

Effect of the Second Invention

According to the second invention, of the power source or/and groundingthrough holes, those just below the IC or 70% or more through holes haveno dummy land in the inner layer of the multilayer core substrate.

As a first effect of the second invention, the interval of the throughholes is at a small pitch, thereby achieving fine arrangement of thethrough holes. As a consequence, the printed wiring board can beconstructed in a small size.

Because as a second effect, the interval between the power sourcethrough hole and the grounding through hole can be set small, mutualinductance can be reduced. Thus, the shortage of power due to voltagedrop of the first time and the second time at the initial operation ofthe IC is reduced. The shortage of power becomes unlikely to occur andthus, even if an IC chip for a high frequency region is mounted,malfunction or error at the initial startup become unlikely to occur.

Because as a third effect, the length of wiring for supplying power to atransistor of the IC shortens, the voltage drop in the IC is unlikely tooccur. Contrary to this, in the multilayer printed wiring board having adummy land, the length of the wiring for supplying power to thetransistor of the IC lengthens. The reason is that because electricitylikely flows on the surface of a conductor, the wiring length when anydummy land is possessed is a sum of the wiring length of the throughhole with the wiring length on the surface of the dummy land.

The same effect arises even if a through hole having no dummy land ispart of a section just below the IC. The reason is that becauseelectricity flows through wiring having a small resistancepreferentially, even if the through holes having no dummy land existpartially, power can be supplied to the transistor of the IC through thethrough holes having no dummy land. However, the power source throughholes and grounding through holes having no dummy land are preferred tobe 30% or more all the power source through holes and grounding throughholes, more preferred to be 50% or more. If the quantity of throughholes having no dummy land is small, electricity is concentrated to suchthrough holes and thus, the effect of the present invention becomessmall.

Further, the power source through holes having no dummy land and thegrounding through holes having no dummy land are preferred to bedisposed in the form of a grid or in the staggered fashion. In thiscase, they are preferred to be disposed alternately. The reason is thatbecause mutual inductance decreases, supply of power to the transistorof the IC is executed in a short time.

As a fourth effect, conductor area of the power source layer andgrounding layer in the inner layer of the multilayer core can be securedin a large quantity and thus, the conductor resistance of the bothconductive layers decreases, the supply of power to a transistor of theIC is carried out smoothly. The reason is that because no dummy landexists, a power source layer or grounding layer can be formed in thevicinity of the through hole (see FIG. 37). Because if comparing thesurrounding of a through hole V with the surrounding of a through hole Wshown in FIG. 37, the W has no dummy land, conductive layer can beformed in the vicinity of the through hole so that more conductivelayers are formed than in the surrounding of the V.

As a result of the above-mentioned effects, according to the multilayerprinted wiring board of the present invention, even if simultaneousswitching is executed, the transistor of the IC is unlikely to be shortof power and thus, malfunction is hard to occur.

Further, the thicknesses of the conductive layers on the front and rearsurfaces of the multilayer core substrate and the conductive layer inthe inner layer are increased. Particularly, increasing the thickness ofthe conductive layer in the inner layer is preferable.

As this effect, the volume of the conductor itself can be increased bythickening the conductive layer. By increasing the volume, resistance inthe conductor can be reduced. Thus, by using the conductive layer as apower source layer, the capacity of supply of power to the IC chip isimproved. Further, by using the conductive layer as a grounding layer,noise which overlaps a signal to the IC chip and supplied power can bereduced. Thus, when the IC chip is mounted on the printed wiring board,inductance from the IC chip to the substrate to power source can bereduced and the voltage drop of the third time at the initial operationcan be mainly improved. Further, as shown in FIG. 34, if the area(opposing area) and distance of a portion in which a through hole andconductive layer each having an opposite potential oppose each otherincrease, both of them approach each other, so that the voltage drop ofthe first time and second time are intensified further. Because thethrough hole has no dummy land, for example, a distance between thepower source through hole having no dummy land and a grounding layerhaving an opposite potential decreases. Further, because the groundinglayer is thick, an opposing distance between the power source throughhole and the grounding layer increases. For the reason, the voltage dropcan be improved more effectively than a multilayer printed wiring boardjust having no dummy land. The distance X shown in FIG. 34 is preferredto be 15 to 150 μm. The insulation reliability drops if it is less than15 μm. On the other hand, if the distance exceeds 150 μm, the effect ofimprovement of the voltage drop decreases.

As described above, when a through hole passes through the inner layerhaving other potential in the multilayer core substrate, withoutproviding dummy land in through holes just below the IC or 70% or morethrough holes, but by increasing the thickness of the conductor, mainvoltage drops (voltage drops from the first time to the third time)generated at the initial operation can be improved. Thus, even if a highfrequency IC chip is mounted on the printed wiring board, no malfunctionor error is induced at the initial startup.

Even if a through hole having no dummy land is part of a portion locatedjust below the IC, the same effect is secured.

The structure of the multilayer core having no dummy land in the innerlayer is effective for securing a sum (α1) of the thickness of theconductor in the core by increasing the thickness of the conductor inthe inner layer more than the thickness of the conductive layer on thefront and rear surfaces of the multilayer core substrate. The reason isthat the conductive layer on the front and rear surfaces absolutely needa through hole land for securing electric connection with a built-uplayer formed thereon. The reason is that if the conductive layer on thefront and rear surfaces is thick, the interval between the through holescannot be made into a small pitch because insulation interval between athrough hole land and other through hole land or other conductor circuitneeds to be enlarged to secure insulation reliability thereof. Further,if the thickness of conductor on the front and rear surfaces of themultilayer core substrate is thickened, interlayer insulation layerformed thereon swells, thereby disabling matching of impedance.

The total of the thickness of the conductive layer on the front surfaceof the multilayer core substrate and the conductive layer in the innerlayer is a thickness of the conductive layer of the core. This appliesto a case where the conductive layer on the front surface and theconductive layer in the inner layer are connected electrically and theelectric connection is secured at two or more points. In the meantime,the area of a pad, land or the like is not a sufficient thickness evenif the thickness of such a conductive layer is summed up. The conductivelayer is preferred to be a power source layer or a grounding layer.

In this case, a multilayer core substrate composed of three layers(front surface and inner layer) is acceptable. A multilayer coresubstrate of three or more layers is also acceptable. It is permissibleto use an electronic component accommodating multilayer core substrateformed by burying a capacitor, dielectric layer, resistor or the like inthe inner layer of the multilayer core substrate as required.

Further, when the conductive layer in the inner layer of the multilayercore substrate is thickened, it is recommendable to dispose theconductive layer just below the IC chip. By disposing it just below theIC chip, the distance between the IC chip and the power source layer canbe minimized thereby reducing inductance further. As a result, power issupplied more effectively, particularly, so as to eliminate the voltagedrop of the third time. At this time also, assuming that the sum of thethicknesses of the conductive layers of the multilayer core substrate isα1 and the thickness of the conductive layer on the interlayerinsulation layer is α2, it is preferable that the relation of α2<α1≦40α2exists.

The thickness of the conductive layer in the inner layer of themultilayer core substrate is set larger than the conductive layer on theinterlayer insulation layer. As a result, even if a thin conductivelayer is disposed on the front surface of the multilayer core substrate,a sufficient thickness can be secured as the conductive layer of thecore by adding it to the thick conductive layer in the inner layer. Thatis, even if a large volume of power is supplied, it can start up withoutany problem and thus, no malfunction or operation failure occurs. Atthis time also, assuming that the sum of the thicknesses of theconductive layers in the multilayer core substrate is α1 and thethickness of the conductive layer on the interlayer insulation layer isα2, it is preferable that the relation of α2<α1≦40α2 exists.

FIG. 28 shows changes in voltage of the IC with a passage of time sincethe power source is turned ON. The ordinate axis indicates the voltageof the IC while the abscissa axis indicates a time passage. FIG. 28shows a result of using a printed wiring board equipped with a highfrequency IC chip for 1 GHz or more and no capacitor for power source asa model. Its line B indicates changes in voltage to the IC chip of 1 GHzwith a time passage and its line A indicates changes in voltage to theIC chip of 3 GHz with a time passage. In such changes with a timepassage, a large amount of power may be required immediately when the ICchip is started. If the supply thereof is short, the voltage drops(points X, X′: voltage drop of the first time). After that, the voltagerises temporarily and drops again (second voltage drop) and then risesfurther and drops (third voltage drop) and after that, the voltage risesgradually repeating a small amplitude. However, when the voltage drops,malfunction or error of the IC chip becomes likely to occur. That is,these are faults which occur because the function of the IC chip isoperated or started sufficiently due to shortage of power supply. Thisshortage of power (voltage drop) increases as the frequency of the ICchip increases. Thus, it takes long to solve the voltage drop, so that atime lag occurs to carry out desired functions and startup.

FIG. 29 shows changes in the voltage of the IC with a time passage whena high frequency IC chip is mounted on a printed wiring board havingconventional structure and a printed wiring board of the presentinvention. In the meantime, because the voltage of the IC could not bemeasured directly, a measuring circuit for the measurement was formed inthe printed wiring board. A multilayer core A (conventional structure)is composed of four layers and all its through holes have a dummy landand the thickness of conductor of each layer for power source is 15 μm(the power source layers of the core substrate is composed of two layersand the thickness of conductor on the interlayer insulation layer is 30μm). A multilayer core B is composed of four layers like A and has apower source conductive layer 15 μm thick on its front surface and 30 μmthick in the inner layer. The power source through hole just below theIC has no conductor circuit extending from the power source through holein the grounding layer of the inner layer of the multilayer core and thegrounding through hole just below the IC has no conductor circuitextending from the grounding through hole in the power source layer ofthe inner layer of the multilayer core. In case of C, the thickness ofconductor of the inner layer in the multilayer core B is set to 75 μm.In the conductive layer of the multilayer core, the power source layerand ground layer are disposed alternately. The A, B, C are multilayerprinted wiring boards in which the interlayer insulation layer andconductive layer are built up alternately on the above-mentionedmultilayer core. As shown in FIG. 29, by adopting a multilayer corestructure having no conductor circuit extending from a through hole ofthe present invention, it is evident that the voltage drops of the firstand second time have been improved. For the reason, it can be said thatoccurrence of faults in function and operation of the IC chip decreases.Further, it is evident that the voltage drops of the first and secondtime have been improved by thickening the thickness of conductor in theinner layer. The same result as the thickness of 75 μm was secured whenthe thickness of the inner layer circuit was 40 to 150 μm.

According to the multilayer core substrate, its effect is exerted whenthe sum of the thicknesses of conductors in all layers is larger thanthe thickness of a conductive layer on the interlayer insulation layereven if the thickness of the conductive layers of power source layers inall layers of the multilayer core substrate is larger than the thicknessof the conductive layer on the interlayer insulation layer or thethickness of the conductive layers of power source layers in all layersof the multilayer core substrate is equal to or lower than the thicknessof the conductive layer on the interlayer insulation layer.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a process diagram showing the manufacturing method of themultilayer printed wiring board according to a first embodiment-1 of thepresent invention;

FIG. 2 is a process diagram showing the manufacturing method of themultilayer printed wiring board according to the first embodiment-1;

FIG. 3 is a process diagram showing the manufacturing method of themultilayer printed wiring board according to the first embodiment-1;

FIG. 4 is a process diagram showing the manufacturing method of themultilayer printed wiring board according to the first embodiment-1;

FIG. 5 is a process diagram showing the manufacturing method of themultilayer printed wiring board according to the first embodiment-1;

FIG. 6 is a process diagram showing the manufacturing method of themultilayer printed wiring board according to the first embodiment-1;

FIG. 7 is a process diagram showing the manufacturing method of themultilayer printed wiring board according to the first embodiment-1;

FIG. 8 is a sectional view of the multilayer printed wiring boardaccording to the first embodiment-1;

FIG. 9 is a sectional view showing a condition in which an IC chip ismounted on the multilayer printed wiring board according to the firstembodiment-1;

FIG. 10 is a graph showing changes in voltage during the operation ofthe IC chip;

FIG. 11 is a graph showing changes in voltage during the operation ofthe IC chip;

FIG. 12 is a graph showing changes in voltage during the operation ofthe IC chip;

FIG. 13 is a table showing test results of the first embodiment and thefirst comparative example;

FIG. 14 is a table showing a result of evaluation on the minimum lineinterval and line width forming capacity evaluation pattern of the firstembodiment;

FIG. 15 is a table showing a test result of the first embodiment andfirst comparative example;

FIG. 16 is a table showing a test result of the first embodiment;

FIG. 17 is a graph of voltage drop amount to α1/α2;

FIG. 18 is a process diagram showing the manufacturing method of themultilayer printed wiring board according to the second embodiment-1 ofthe present invention;

FIG. 19 is a process diagram showing the manufacturing method of themultilayer printed wiring board according to the second embodiment-1;

FIG. 20 is a process diagram showing the manufacturing method of themultilayer printed wiring board according to the second embodiment-1;

FIG. 21 is a process diagram showing the manufacturing method of themultilayer printed wiring board according to the second embodiment-1;

FIG. 22 is a sectional view of the multilayer printed wiring boardaccording to the second embodiment-1;

FIG. 23 is a sectional view showing a condition in which an IC chip ismounted on the multilayer printed wiring board according to the secondembodiment-1;

FIG. 24 is a sectional view showing a condition in which the IC chip ismounted on the multilayer printed wiring board according to amodification of the second embodiment-1;

FIG. 25 (A) is a plan view of a power source plain layer 16P in theinner layer in FIG. 22 and FIG. 25 (B) is a plan view of a groundingplain layer 16E in the inner layer;

FIG. 26(A) is a plan view of a power source plain layer 16P in the innerlayer in FIG. 22 and FIG. 26 (B) is a plan view of a grounding plainlayer 16E in the inner layer;

FIG. 27 is a sectional view of the multilayer printed wiring boardaccording to the second embodiment-10;

FIG. 28 is a graph showing changes in voltage during the operation ofthe IC chip;

FIG. 29 is a graph showing changes in voltage during the operation ofthe IC chip;

FIG. 30 is a table showing a test result of the second embodiment andthe second comparative example;

FIG. 31 (A) is a plan view of another kind of the power source plainlayer 16P in the inner layer in FIG. 22 and FIG. 31(B) is a plan view ofthe grounding plain layer 16E in the inner layer;

FIG. 32 is a graph indicating the quantity of the through holes havingno dummy land, with the quantity of the through holes having no dummyland on the abscissa axis and the value (V) of the voltage drop amounton the ordinate axis;

FIG. 33 is a table showing the relation between the thickness of theconductor in the inner layer and the voltage drops of the first time tothird time;

FIG. 34 is an explanatory diagram showing the relation between thethrough hole and the conductive layer;

FIG. 35 is a sectional view of the multilayer printed wiring boardaccording to a related art of the present invention;

FIG. 36(A) is a lateral sectional view taken along X4-X4 of themultilayer printed wiring board of FIG. 35 and FIG. 36(B) is a sectionalview taken along X5-X5;

FIG. 37(A) is a plan view of the power source plain layer 16P in theinner layer and FIG. 37(B) is a plan view of the grounding plain layer16E in the inner layer;

FIG. 38 is a lateral sectional view of the multilayer printed wiringboard of a conventional technology;

FIG. 39 is a schematic view of the signal through hole passing themultilayer core; and

FIG. 40 is a graph showing the amounts of voltage drops of the firsttime and second time.

BEST MODES FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION A. Embodiment 1 Embodiment 1-1

A multilayer printed wiring board according to Embodiment 1-1 of thepresent invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 9. Theconfiguration of a multilayer printed wiring board 10 according toEmbodiment 1-1 will first be described with reference to FIGS. 8 and 9.FIG. 8 shows the cross section of the multilayer printed wiring board 10and FIG. 9 shows a state in which an IC chip 90 is attached to themultilayer printed wiring board 10 shown in FIG. 8 and in which theboard 10 is mounted on a daughter board 94. As shown in FIG. 8, amultilayer printed wiring board 10 employs a multilayer core substrate30. A conductor circuit 34 and a conductor layer 34P are formed on thefront surface of the multilayer core substrate 30 and a conductorcircuit 34 and a conductor layer 34E are formed on the rear surfacethereof. The upper conductor layer 34P is formed as a power supply planelayer while the lower conductor layer 34E is formed as an earth planelayer. Further, a conductor circuit 16 and a conductor layer 16E on theinner layer are formed on the inside surface of the multilayer coresubstrate 30 while a conductor circuit 16 and a conductor layer 16P areformed on the inside rear surface thereof. The upper conductor layer 16Eis formed as an earth plane layer while the lower conductor layer 16P isformed as a power supply plane layer. Connection to the power supplyplane layer is established by through holes or via holes. The planelayer may comprise a single layer formed on one side or comprise two ormore layers. Preferably, the plane layer comprises two to four layers.Since it is not confirmed that the plane layer comprising five or moreplane layers can improve electric characteristic, the electriccharacteristic of the plane layer comprising four or more layers is thesame as that of the plane layer comprising four layers. The plane layercomprising five or more plane layers, the thickness of the coresubstrate ticks, the electronic character may become bad. Particularlyif the plane layer comprising two layers, the expansion ratios of thesubstrate can be made uniform and warps less occur in terms of therigidity matching of the multilayer core substrate. An electricallyinsulated metallic plate 12 is contained at the center of the multilayercore substrate 30. (Although the metallic plate 12 serves as a centralmaterial, it is not electrically connected to the through holes, viaholes and the like. The metallic plate 12 mainly serves to improve therigidity of the substrate 30 against warps.) A conductor circuit 16 anda conductor layer 16E are formed on the metallic plate 12 on the frontsurface side of the substrate 30 through an insulating resin layer 14and a conductor circuit 16 and a conductor layer 16P are formed on themetallic plate 12 on the rear surface side of the substrate 30 throughan insulating resin layer 14. Further, a conductor circuit 34 and aconductor layer 34P are formed on the metallic plate 12 on the frontsurface side of the substrate 30 through an insulating resin layer 18and a conductor circuit 34 and a conductor layer 34E are formed on themetallic plate 12 on the rear surface side of the substrate 30 throughan insulating resin layer 18. The front surface side and the rearsurface side of the multilayer core substrate 30 are connected to eachother via through holes 36.

Interlayer resin insulating layers 50 on which via holes 60 andconductor circuits 58 are formed and interlayer resin insulating layers150 on which via holes 160 and conductor circuits 158 are formed arearranged on the conductor layers 34P and 34E on the surfaces of themultilayer core substrate 30, respectively. Solder resist layers 70 areformed on the upper layers of the via holes 160 and the conductorcircuits 158 and bumps 76U and 76D are formed on the via holes 160 andthe conductor circuits 158 through the opening portions 71 of the solderresist layers 70, respectively.

As shown in FIG. 9, solder bumps 76U on the upper surface of themultilayer printed wiring board 10 are connected to lands 92 of the ICchip 90. Further, chip capacitors 98 are mounted on the board 10.External terminals 76D on the lower surface thereof are connected tolands 96 of the daughter board 94. External terminals refer herein toPGA's, BGA's, solder bumps or the like.

A method for manufacturing the multilayer printed wiring board accordingto Embodiment 1-1.

A. Manufacturing of Resin Film of Interlayer Resin Insulating Layer

29 parts by weight of bisphenol A type epoxy resin (epoxy equivalentweight of 455, Epicoat 1001 manufactured by Yuka Shell Epoxy), 39 partsby weight of cresol novolac type epoxy resin (epoxy equivalent weight of215, EpiclonN-673 manufactured by Dainippon Ink and Chemicals) and 30parts by weight of phenol novolac resin including a triazine structure(phenol hydroxyl group equivalent weight of 120, PhenoliteKA-7052manufactured by Dainippon Ink and Chemicals) are heated and molten whilebeing agitated with 20 parts by weight of ethyl diglycol acetate and 20parts by weight of solvent naphtha, and 15 parts by weight of terminallyepoxidized polybutadiene rubber (DenalexR-45EPT manufactured by NagaseChemicals Ltd.) and 1.5 parts by weight of crushed product of2-phenyl-4,5-bis(hydroxymethyl) imidazole, 2.5 parts by weight ofpulverized silica and 0.5 parts by weight of silicon-based defoamingagent are added thereto, thereby preparing an epoxy resin composition.

The obtained epoxy resin composition is coated on a PET film having athickness of 38 μm so as to have a thickness of 50 μm after being driedby a roll coater and dried for 10 minutes at 80 to 120° C., therebymanufacturing a resin film for an interlayer resin insulating layer.

B. Preparation of Resin Filler

100 parts by weight of bisphenol F type epoxy monomer (manufactured byYuka Shell, molecular weight: 310, YL983U), 170 parts by weight of SiO₂spheroidal particles having a silane coupling agent coated on surfacesthereof, a mean particle size of 1.6 μm, and a largest particle size ofnot more than 15 μm (manufactured by ADTEC Corporation, CRS1101-CE) and1.5 parts by weight of leveling agent (manufactured by Sannopuko KK,PelenolS4) are input in a container and agitated and mixed therein,thereby preparing resin filler having a viscosity of 44 to 49 Pa·s at 23±1° C. As hardening agent, 6.5 parts by weight of imidazole hardeningagent (manufactured by Shikoku Chemicals, 2E4MZ-CN) is used. As theresin filler, thermosetting resin such as the other epoxy resin (e.g.,bisphenol A type, novolac type or the like), polyimide resin or phenolresin may be used.

C. Manufacturing the Multilayer Printed Wiring Board

Next, a method for manufacturing the multilayer printed wiring board 10shown in FIG. 8 will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 7.

(1) Formation of Metallic Layer

Openings 12 a are provided in an inner layer metallic layer (metallicplate) 12 having a thickness of 20 to 400 μm as shown in FIG. 1 (A) topenetrate the front and rear surfaces of the layer 12 (FIG. 1 (B)). Asthe material of the metallic layer, a material containing a mixture ofcopper, nickel, zinc, aluminum, iron and the like can be used. Theopenings 12 a are formed by punching, etching, drilling, a laser or thelike. Depending on cases, metallic films 13 may be coated on the entiresurfaces of the metallic layer 12 having the openings 12 a formedtherein by electroplating, electroless plating, substitutional platingor sputtering (FIG. 1(C)). The metallic plate 12 may comprise a singlelayer or a plurality of layers of two or more layers. In addition, themetallic films 13 preferably have curves formed on the corners of theopenings 12 a. The curves can eliminate points at which stresses areconcentrated and make it more difficult to cause defects such as cracksand the like around the points.

(2) Formation of Insulating Layers on Inner Layer and Conductive Layers

Insulating resin is used to cover the entire surfaces of the metalliclayer 12 and fill up the openings 12 a. For example, the metallic plate12 is put between resin films in a B stage state of a thickness of about30 to 400 μm, the resin films are thermally pressed and hardened (FIG.1(D)), copper foils having thickness of 12˜275 μm are laminated theoutsides, whereby insulating rein layers 14 and conductive layer 16 canbe formed (FIG. 1(E)). Depending on cases, the insulating rein layers 14may be formed out of films after applying resin, applying resin andpress-fitting the resin films or applying the resin only to the openingportions.

As the material of the insulating resin layers 14, a prepreg having acore material such as glass cloth, aramid bonded material impregnatedwith thermosetting resin such as polyimide resin, epoxy resin, phenolresin or BT resin is preferable. The other resin may be used.

In embodiment 1, a prepreg having thickness of 50 μm is used. Theconductive layer 16 can be made by plating on a metal foil.

(3) Formation of Circuits of Metallic Layer on the Inner Layer

Two or more layers may be formed. The metallic layer may be formed bythe additive method.

Through a denting method, etching steps and the like, conductor layers16, 16P and 16E on the inner layer are formed from the inner layermetallic layer 16 (FIG. 1 (F)). The inner layer conductor layers areformed to have thicknesses of 10 to 250 μm. Alternatively, thethicknesses may exceed the range. In embodiment 1, the thickness ofconductive layer for the power supply on inner layer is 25 μm. In thisprocess, for an insulating reliability examination of the coresubstrate, comb tooth pattern for the insulating reliability examinationhaving conductive circuit width/interval between conductive circuit=150μm/150 μm is formed as the test pattern (insulating reliabilityexamination pattern of the core substrate). In the case where the powersupply through hole connecting to the power supply of the IC goesthrough the conductive layer for the earth on inner layer, the powersupply through hole may not have an extending pattern thereof. Also, inthe case where the earth through hole connecting to the grand of the ICgoes through the conductive layer for the power supply on inner layer,the earth through hole may not have an extending pattern thereof. Due tothe configuration, the pitch between the through holes can be narrow,interval between the through hole and the inner conductive circuitbecomes narrow pith, mutual inductance decreases.

(4) Formation of Insulating Layers as Outer Layers and Conductive Layer

Insulating resin is used to cover the entire surfaces of the inner layerconductor layers 16, 16P and 16E and fill up the gaps between thecircuits of outer layer metal. By way of example, outer layer insulatingresin layers 18 and outermost conductive layer of the core substrate 34a are formed on the both sides of the substrate of the process (3) byputting the metallic plate between resin films in a B stage state of athickness of about 30 to 200 μm, thermally press-fitting and hardeningthe resin films (FIG. 2(B)). Depending on cases, the outer layerinsulating resin layers 18 and outermost conductive layer of the coresubstrate 34 a may be formed out of films after applying resin, applyingresin and press-fitting the resin films or applying the resin only tothe opening portions. By applying pressure, it is possible to flattenthe surfaces of the layers 18. B-stage prepreg having a core materialsuch as glass cloth, aramid bonded material may be used. In embodiment1, the prepreg having thickness of 200 μm is used. As an alternative tothe method for forming the metallic foils, one-sided copper-cladlaminates are built up. Two or more layers of the laminates maybe formedon the metallic foils. The metallic layers may be formed by the additivemethod.

(5) Formation of Through Holes

Pass-through holes 36αfor through holes having opening diameter of 50 to400 μm are formed to penetrate the front and rear surfaces of thesubstrate (FIG. 2 (C)). As a formation method, the holes are formed bydrilling, a laser or a combination of drilling and the laser. (The holesare opened in the outermost insulating layers by the laser, and then maybe penetrated through the substrate by drilling while using the holesopened by the laser as target marks.) The forms of the holes arepreferably those having linear sidewalls. Depending on cases, the holesmay be tapered.

To secure the conductive properties of the through holes, it ispreferable to form plated films 22 in the respective pass-through holes36α for the through holes and roughen the surfaces of the plated films22 (FIG. 2 (D)), and then to fill the holes with resin filler 23 (FIG. 2(E)). As the resin filler, either an electrically insulated resinmaterial (e.g., a resin material containing a resin component, hardeningagent, particles and the like) or a conductive material holdingelectrical connection by metallic particles (e.g., a conductive materialcontaining metallic particles such as gold or copper particles, a resinmaterial, hardening agent and the like) can be used. After the fillingprocess, temporarily, resin filler is dried, unnecessary resin fillerfixed on the plated films 22 is removed by grinding, completely driedunder condition of 150° C. for 1 hour.

As plating, electroplating, electroless plating, panel plating(electroless plating and electroplating) or the like may be performed.The plated films 22 are formed by plating metals containing copper,nickel, cobalt, phosphorus or the like. The thicknesses of the platedmetals are preferably 5 to 30 μm.

The resin filler 23 filled in the pass-through holes 36α for the throughholes is preferably made of an insulating material comprising a resinmaterial, hardening agent, particles and the like. As the particles,inorganic particles such as silica or alumina particles can be usedsolely, metallic particles such as gold, silver or copper particles canbe used solely, resin particles can be used solely or the inorganicparticles, the metallic particles and the resin particles can be mixedtogether. The particles equal in particle size from 0.1 to 5 μm ordifferent in particle size from 0.1 to 5 μm can be mixed. As the resinmaterial, thermosetting resin such as epoxy resin (e.g., bisphenol typeepoxy resin or novolac type epoxy resin and the like) or phenol resin,ultraviolet setting resin having a photosensitive property,thermoplastic resin or the like may be used solely or mixed together. Asthe hardening agent, imidazole based hardening agent, amine basedhardening agent or the like can be used. Alternatively, hardening agentcontaining hardening stabilizer, reaction stabilizer, particles and thelike may be used. In the latter case, the resin filler is replaced byconductive paste made of a conductive material comprising metallicparticles, a resin component, hardening agent and the like. Depending oncases, metallic films having a conductive property may be formed on thesurface layers of an insulating material such as solder or insulatingresin. It is also possible to fill the pass-through holes 36α forthrough holes with plated members. Since the conductive paste ishardened and contracted, depressed portions are sometimes formed on thesurface layers.

(6) Formation of Outermost Layer Conductor Circuits

Cover plated members 25 may be formed right on the through holes 36 bycoating plated films on the entire surfaces of the substrate (FIG. 3(A)). Thereafter, outer layer conductor circuits 34, 34P and 34E areformed through the denting method, etching steps and the like (FIG. 3(B)). As a result, the multilayer core substrate 30 is completed. Inembodiment 1, the thickness of the conductive layer on the multilayercore substrate is 15 μm.

At this time, although not shown in the drawings, the electricalconnection of the outer conductor circuits to inner conductor layers 16and the like of the multilayer core substrate may be established by viaholes, blind through holes or blind via holes.

(7) The multilayer core substrate 30 on which the conductor circuits 34have been formed thereon is subjected to a blackening treatment and areduction treatment, thereby forming roughened surfaces 340 on theentire surfaces of the conductor circuits 34 and the conductor layers34P and 34E (FIG. 3 (C)).(8) Layers of the resin filler 40 are formed on the conductor circuitunformed portions of the multilayer core substrate 30 (FIG. 4 (A)).(9) The one surface of the substrate which has been subjected to theabove treatments is polished by belt sander polishing or the like so asnot to leave the resin filler 40 on the outer edges of the conductorlayers 34P and 34E, and then the entire surfaces of the conductor layers34P and 34E (including the land surfaces of the through holes) arefurther polished by buffing or the like so as to eliminate scratchescaused by the former polishing. A series of polishing operations aresimilarly conducted to the other surface of the substrate. Next, theresin filler 40 is hardened by heat treatments at 100° C. for 1 hour and150° C. for 1 hour (FIG. 4(B)).

The resin filler may not be filled between the conductor circuits. Inthat case, using resin layers such as interlayer insulating layers, theinsulating layers are formed and the portions between the conductorcircuits are filled up.

(10) Etchant is sprayed onto the both surfaces of the multilayer coresubstrate 30 and the surfaces of the conductor circuits 34 and theconductor layers 34P and 34E and the land surfaces and inner walls ofthe through holes 36 are subjected to etching or the like, therebyforming roughened surfaces 36β on the entire surfaces of the conductorcircuits (FIG. 4(C)).(11) Resin films 50γ for interlayer resin insulating layers are mountedon the both surface of the multilayer core substrate 30, respectively,temporarily press-fitted and cut, and then bonded onto the substrateusing the vacuum laminator, thereby forming interlayer resin insulatinglayers (FIG. 5 (A)).(12) Thereafter, openings 50 a for via holes are formed to have adiameter of 80 ˜100 μm in the interlayer resin insulating layers 2 by aCO2 gas laser having wavelength of 10.4 μm under conditions of a beamdiameter of 4.0 mm, a top hat mode, a pulse width of 3˜7.9 microseconds,the pass-through hole diameter of the mask of 1.0˜5.0 mm and 1˜3 shots(FIG. 5 (B)).(13) The multilayer core substrate 30 is immersed in a solutioncontaining 60 g/l of permanganic acid at 80° C. for 10 minutes to formroughened surfaces 50 a on the surfaces of the interlayer resininsulating layers 50 including the inner walls of the via hole openings50 a (FIG. 5 (C)). The roughened surfaces are formed to have a thicknessbetween 0.1 to 5 μm.(14) Next, the multilayer core substrate 30 which has been subjected tothe above-stated treatments is immersed in neutralizer (manufactured byShipley Corporation) and then washed.

Further, a palladium catalyst is added to the surfaces of the roughenedsubstrate (a roughening depth of 3 μm), thereby attaching catalystnuclei to the surfaces of the interlayer resin insulating layers and theinner wall surfaces of the via hole openings.

(15) The substrate to which the catalyst is attached is immersed in anelectroless copper plating aqueous solution and electroless copperplated films having a thickness of 0.6 to 3.0 μm are formed on theentire roughened surfaces, thereby obtaining the substrate havingelectroless copper plated films 52 formed on the surfaces of theinterlayer resin insulating layers 50 including the inner walls of thevia hole openings 50 a (FIG. 5 (D)).

[Electroless Plating Aqueous Solution]

NiSO4 0.03 mol/l Tartaric acid 0.200 mol/l HCHO 0.18 g/l NaOH 0.100mol/l α,α′-bipyridyl 100 mg/l Polyethylene glycol (PEG) 0.10 g/l

[Electroless Plating Conditions]

40 minutes and a solution temperature of 34° C.(16) Commercially available dry films are bonded to the substrate onwhich electroless copper plated films 52 are formed, a mask is put onthe substrate, the substrate is developed and plating resists 54 arethereby provided (FIG. 6 (A)). Plating resists are formed on a part ofthe interlayer resin insulating layers for examine of effect for theundulation of interlayer resin insulating layers due to the thickness ofthe multilayer core substrate. The plating resists are formed so thatthe plated circuit patterns (minimum lines distance, line width makingability examination pattern) have conductive circuit width/intervalbetween conductive circuit=5/5 μm, 7.5/7.5 μm, 10/10 μm, 12.5/12.5 μm,15/15 μm. The plating resists having a thickness of 10 to 30 μm areused.(17) Next, the multilayer core substrate 30 is electroplated, therebyforming electroplated copper films 56 having a thickness of 5 to 20 μmare formed on portions in which the plating resists 54 are not formed,respectively (FIG. 6(B)).

[Electroplating Solution]

Sulfuric acid 2.24 mol/l Copper sulfate 0.26 mol/l Additive (KalapacidGL manufactured 19.5 ml/l by Atotech Japan)

[Electroplating Conditions]

Current density 1 A/dm² Time 90 ± 5 minutes Temperature 22 ± 2° C.(18) After peeling off the plating resists with 5% KOH, the electrolessplated films under the plating resist are etched, molten and removedwith a solution mixture of sulfuric acid and hydrogen peroxide, thusforming independent conductor circuits 58 and via holes 60 (FIG. 6(C)).(19) Next, the same treatment as that of (12) is conducted to formroughened surfaces 58α and 60α on the surfaces of the conductor circuits58 and via holes 60. In embodiment 1, the upper conductor circuits 58are formed to have a thickness of 20 μm (FIG. 6(D)).(20) The steps (11) to (19) stated above are repeated, thereby formingfurther upper layer conductor circuits and a multilayer wiring board isobtained (FIG. 7(A)).(21) Next, after the above-stated solder resist composition 70 is coatedon each surface of the multilayer wiring board by a thickness of 12 to30 μm, and dried under conditions of 70° C. for 20 minutes and 70° C.for 30 minutes (FIG. 7(B)), a photomask on which a pattern of solderresist opening portions are drawn and which has a thickness of 5 mm, isfixedly attached to each solder resist layer 70, exposed withultraviolet rays of 1000 mJ/cm², and developed with a DMTG solution,thereby forming opening portions 71 having a diameter of 200 μm (FIG.7(C)). Further, heat treatments are conducted at 80° C. for 1 hour, at100° C. for 1 hour, at 120° C. for 1 hour, and at 150° C. for 3 hours,respectively, to harden the solder resist layers, thus forming solderresist pattern layers each having opening portions and a thickness of 10to 25 μm.(22) Next, the substrate on which the solder resist layers 70 are formedis immersed in an electroless nickel plating solution, thereby formingnickel plated layers 72 having a thickness of 5 μm on the openingportions 71, respectively. Furthermore, the substrate is immersed in anelectroless gold plating solution, thereby forming gold plated layers 74having a thickness of 0.03 μm on the respective nickel plated layers 72(FIG. 7(D)). Alternatively, a single tin or noble metal (gold, silver,palladium, platinum or the like) layer may be formed in stead of thenickel-gold layers.(23) Thereafter, tin-lead containing solder paste is printed on eachopening 71 of the solder resist layer 70 on one surface of the substrateon which surface the IC chip is mounted, tin-antimony containing solderpaste is further printed on each opening on the other surface of thesubstrate, and external terminals are formed by conducting reflow at200° C., thereby manufacturing a multilayer printed wiring boardincluding solder bumps (FIG. 8).

The IC chip 90 is attached to the multilayer printed wiring board andchip capacitors 98 are mounted thereon through the external terminals76U. Further, the multilayer printed wiring board is attached to thedaughter board 94 through the solder bumps 76D (FIG. 9).

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As well as the above-mentioned first embodiment-1, first embodiment-2 tofirst embodiment-28 and first comparative example-1 to first comparativeexample-3 were manufactured. In those embodiments and comparativeexamples, the thickness of the conductive layer of the core substrate,the number of the conductive layers of the core substrate, the number ofthrough holes having no dummy land, an area having no dummy land and thethickness of the conductive layer on the interlayer insulation layerwere changed. In case of changing the thickness of the conductive layeras an internal layer, the thickness of copper foil was changed in FIG.1(E). In case of changing the thickness of the conductive layer on frontand rear surfaces of the core substrate, the thickness of copper foil inFIG. 2 (B) was changed and the thickness of plating in FIG. 2 (D) andFIG. 3 (A) was changed. In case of changing the number of the conductivelayers of the core substrate, after a process of FIG. 2(B), it wasperformed by repeating formation of a circuit, roughing of a circuitsurface and laminating of prepreg and copper foil at a predeterminedtime. In case of changing the number of through holes having no dummyland or an area having no dummy land, it was performed by changing anexposure mask for forming etching resist for etching the copper foil atthe time of formation of a circuit in FIG. 1 (F) (tenting method) (seeFIGS. 19, 38. FIG. 19 indicates an example that no dummy land isprovided and FIG. 38 indicates an example that all have the dummylands). In case of changing the thickness of the conductive layer on theinterlayer insulation layer, it was performed by changing the thicknessof plating in FIG. 6(B).

Hereinafter, the number of core layers, the thickness of power sourceconductive layer, the thickness of conductive layer on interlayerinsulation layer, the number of through holes having no dummy land, itsarea and the like of each embodiments and comparative examples areindicated.

Embodiment 1-1

Thickness of power supply conductor layers on the inner layer of thefour layers core substrate: 25 μm;

Thickness of power supply conductor layers as surface layers the fourlayers core substrate: 15 μm;

Sum of the thicknesses of the power supply conductor layers of the coresubstrate: 40 μm

Thickness of the conductor layers of the interlayer insulating layers:20 μm.

Embodiment 1-2

Thickness of power supply conductor layers on the inner layer of thefour layers core substrate: 15 μm;

Thickness of power supply conductor layers as surface layers the fourlayers core substrate: 9 μm;

Sum of the thicknesses of the power supply conductor layers of the coresubstrate: 24 μm

Thickness of the conductor layers of the interlayer insulating layers:20 μm.

Embodiment 1-3

Thickness of power supply conductor layers on the inner layer of thefour layers core substrate: 45 μm;

Thickness of power supply conductor layers as surface layers the fourlayers core substrate: 15 μm;

Sum of the thicknesses of the power supply conductor layers of the coresubstrate: 60 μm

Thickness of the conductor layers of the interlayer insulating layers:20 μm.

Embodiment 1-4

Thickness of power supply conductor layers on the inner layer of thefour layers core substrate: 60 μm;

Thickness of power supply conductor layers as surface layers the fourlayers core substrate: 15 μm;

Sum of the thicknesses of the power supply conductor layers of the coresubstrate: 75 μm

Thickness of the conductor layers of the interlayer insulating layers:20 μm.

Embodiment 1-5

Thickness of power supply conductor layers on the inner layer of the 14layers core substrate: 100 μm;

Thickness of power supply conductor layers as surface layers the 14layers core substrate: 15 μm;

Sum of the thicknesses of the power supply conductor layers of the coresubstrate: 615 μm

Thickness of the conductor layers of the interlayer insulating layers:20 μm.

Embodiment 1-6

Thickness of power supply conductor layers on the inner layer of the 18layers core substrate: 100 μm;

Thickness of power supply conductor layers as surface layers the 18layers core substrate: 15 μm;

Sum of the thicknesses of the power supply conductor layers of the coresubstrate: 815 μm

Thickness of the conductor layers of the interlayer insulating layers:20 μm.

Embodiment 1-7

Thickness of power supply conductor layers on the inner layer of thefour layers core substrate: 15 μm;

Thickness of power supply conductor layers as surface layers the fourlayers core substrate: 45 μm;

Sum of the thicknesses of the power supply conductor layers of the coresubstrate: 60 μm

Thickness of the conductor layers of the interlayer insulating layers:20 μm.

Embodiment 1-8

Thickness of power supply conductor layers on the inner layer of thefour layers core substrate: 15 μm;

Thickness of power supply conductor layers as surface layers the fourlayers core substrate: 60 μm;

Sum of the thicknesses of the power supply conductor layers of the coresubstrate: 75 μm

Thickness of the conductor layers of the interlayer insulating layers:20 μm.

Embodiment 1-9

Thickness of power supply conductor layers on the inner layer of thefour layers core substrate: 50 μm;

Thickness of power supply conductor layers as surface layers the fourlayers core substrate: 15 μm;

Sum of the thicknesses of the power supply conductor layers of the coresubstrate: 65 μm

Thickness of the conductor layers of the interlayer insulating layers:20 μm.

Embodiment 1-10

Thickness of power supply conductor layers on the inner layer of thefour layers core substrate: 150 μm;

Thickness of power supply conductor layers as surface layers the fourlayers core substrate: 15 μm;

Sum of the thicknesses of the power supply conductor layers of the coresubstrate: 165 μm

Thickness of the conductor layers of the interlayer insulating layers:20 μm.

In Embodiment 1-10, on the above process (4: Formation of insulatinglayers as outer layers and conductive layer), a prepreg having thicknessof 300 μm is utilized.

Embodiment 1-11

Thickness of power supply conductor layers on the inner layer of thefour layers core substrate: 175 μm;

Thickness of power supply conductor layers as surface layers the fourlayers core substrate: 15 μm;

Sum of the thicknesses of the power supply conductor layers of the coresubstrate: 190 μm

Thickness of the conductor layers of the interlayer insulating layers:20 μm.

In Embodiment 1-11, on the above process (4: Formation of insulatinglayers as outer layers and conductive layer), the prepreg havingthickness of 300 μm is utilized.

Embodiment 1-12

Thickness of power supply conductor layers on the inner layer of thefour layers core substrate: 200 μm;

Thickness of power supply conductor layers as surface layers the fourlayers core substrate: 15 μm;

Sum of the thicknesses of the power supply conductor layers of the coresubstrate: 215 μm

Thickness of the conductor layers of the interlayer insulating layers:20 μm.

In Embodiment 1-12, on the above process (4: Formation of insulatinglayers as outer layers and conductive layer), the prepreg havingthickness of 300 μm is utilized.

First Embodiment-13

Part of the power source through holes and grounding through holes inthe first embodiment-3 were formed as through holes having no dummy landindicated in the process (3)<circuit formation process of metallic layerin inner layer>. Its area is just below an IC and the number of thepower source through holes having no dummy land was set to 50% all thepower source through holes and the number of the grounding through holeshaving no dummy land was set to 50% all the grounding through holes.

First Embodiment-14

All the power source through holes just below the ICs and all thegrounding through holes in the first embodiment-3 were formed as throughholes having no dummy land indicated in the above-mentioned (3)<circuitformation process of metallic layer in inner layer>

First Embodiment-15

Part of the power source through holes and grounding through holes inthe first embodiment-9 were formed as through holes having no dummy landindicated in the above-mentioned (3) <circuit formation process ofmetallic layer in inner layer>. Its area is just below an IC and thenumber of the power source through holes having no dummy land was set to50% all the power source through holes and the number of the groundingthrough holes having no dummy land was set to 50% all the groundingthrough holes.

First Embodiment-16

All the power source through holes just below the ICs and all thegrounding through holes in the ninth embodiment-9 were formed as throughholes having no dummy land indicated in the above-mentioned (3)<circuitformation process of metallic layer in inner layer>.

First Embodiment-17

Part of the power source through holes and grounding through holes inthe first embodiment-4 were formed as through holes having no dummy landindicated in the process (3)<circuit formation process of metallic layerin inner layer>. Its area is just below an IC and the number of thepower source through holes having no dummy land was set to 50% all thepower source through holes and the number of the grounding through holeshaving no dummy land was set to 50% all the grounding through holes.

First embodiment-18

All the power source through holes just below the ICs and all thegrounding through holes in the first embodiment-4 were formed as throughholes having no dummy land indicated in the above-mentioned (3)<circuitformation process of metallic layer in inner layer>.

First Embodiment-19

Part of the power source through holes and grounding through holes inthe first embodiment-10 were formed as through holes having no dummyland indicated in the process (3)<circuit formation process of metalliclayer in inner layer>. Its area is just below an IC and the number ofthe power source through holes having no dummy land was set to 50% allthe power source through holes and the number of the grounding throughholes having no dummy land was set to 50% all the grounding throughholes.

First Embodiment-20

All the power source through holes just below the ICs and all thegrounding through holes in the first embodiment-10 were formed asthrough holes having no dummy land indicated in the above-mentioned(3)<circuit formation process of metallic layer in inner layer>.

First Embodiment-21

Part of the power source through holes and grounding through holes inthe first embodiment-11 were formed as through holes having no dummyland indicated in the process (3)<circuit formation process of metalliclayer in inner layer>. Its area is just below an IC and the number ofthe power source through holes having no dummy land was set to 50% allthe power source through holes and the number of the grounding throughholes having no dummy land was set to 50% all the grounding throughholes.

First Embodiment-22

All the power source through holes just below the ICs and all thegrounding through holes in the first embodiment-11 were formed asthrough holes having no dummy land indicated in the above-mentioned(3)<circuit formation process of metallic layer in inner layer>

First Embodiment-23

Part of the power source through holes and grounding through holes inthe first embodiment-12 were formed as through holes having no dummyland indicated in the process (3)<circuit formation process of metalliclayer in inner layer>. Its area is just below an IC and the number ofthe power source through holes having no dummy land was set to 50% allthe power source through holes and the number of the grounding throughholes having no dummy land was set to 50% all the grounding throughholes.

First Embodiment-24

All the power source through holes just below the ICs and all thegrounding through holes in the first embodiment-12 were formed asthrough holes having no dummy land indicated in the above-mentioned(3)<circuit formation process of metallic layer in inner layer>.

First Embodiment-25

Part of the power source through holes and grounding through holes inthe first embodiment-7 were formed as through holes having no dummy landindicated in the process (3)<circuit formation process of metallic layerin inner layer>. Its area is just below an IC and the number of thepower source through holes having no dummy land was set to 50% all thepower source through holes and the number of the grounding through holeshaving no dummy land was set to 50% all the grounding through holes.

First Embodiment-26

All the power source through holes just below the ICs and all thegrounding through holes in the first embodiment-7 were formed as throughholes having no dummy land indicated in the above-mentioned (3)<circuitformation process of metallic layer in inner layer>.

First embodiment-27

thickness of power source conductive layer of each inner layer in6-layer core substrate: 32.5 μm

thickness of power source conductive layer of front surface layer in6-layer core substrate: 15 μm

sum of thicknesses of power source conductive layers of core substrate:80 μm

thickness of conductive layer on interlayer insulation layer: 20 μm

First embodiment-28

thickness of power source conductive layer in inner layer of 4-layercore substrate: 125 μm

thickness of power source conductive layer on front surface layer of4-layer core substrate: 15 μm

sum of thicknesses of power source conductive layers of core substrate:140 μm

thickness of conductive layer on interlayer insulation layer: 20 μm

First Embodiment-29

Part of the power source through holes and grounding through holes inthe first embodiment-27 were formed as through holes having no dummyland indicated in the process (3)<circuit formation process of metalliclayer in inner layer>. Its area is just below an IC and the number ofthe power source through holes having no dummy land was set to 50% allthe power source through holes and the number of the grounding throughholes having no dummy land was set to 50% all the grounding throughholes.

First Embodiment-30

All the power source through holes just below the ICs and all thegrounding through holes in the first embodiment-29 were formed asthrough holes having no dummy land indicated in the above-mentioned(3)<circuit formation process of metallic layer in inner layer>

First Comparative Example-1

thickness of power source conductive layer in inner layer of 4-layercore substrate: 10 μm

thickness of power source conductive layer on front surface layer of4-layer core substrate: 10 μm

sum of thicknesses of power source conductive layers of core substrate:20 μm

thickness of conductive layer on interlayer insulation layer: 20 μm

First Comparative Example-2

thickness of power source conductive layer of each inner layer of18-layer core substrate: 10 μm

thickness of power source conductive layer on front surface layer of18-layer core substrate: 40 μm

sum of thicknesses of power source conductive layer of core substrate:840 μm

thickness of conductive layer on interlayer insulation layer: 20 μm

First Comparative Example-3

thickness of power source conductive layer of each inner layer of22-layer core substrate: 100 μm

thickness of power source conductive layer on front surface layer of22-layer core substrate: 14 μm

sum of thicknesses of power source conductive layer of core substrate:1015 μm

thickness of conductive layer on interlayer insulation layer: 24 μm

In the meantime, in the multilayer printed wiring board according to thefirst embodiment and the first comparative example, if there is nodescription about the dummy land, all the through holes have the dummyland.

By mounting an IC chip of 3.1 GHz in frequency on a multilayer printedwiring boards of the first embodiment-1 to the first embodiment-12, thefirst embodiment-27, 28 and the first comparative example-1 to the firstcomparative example-3 and supplying the same amount of power, the amountof dropped voltage at the time of startup (a drop amount correspondingto a third time of a plurality of voltage drops) was measured. Ameasurable circuit was formed on a printed wiring board and the ICvoltage in the IC was measured because the IC voltage could not bemeasured directly. The values of the voltage drops at this time areshown in FIGS. 13, 15. These are values of the voltage drops whichdeflected when the power source voltage was 1.0V.

HAST test (85° C., 85% in humidity, 3.3V applied) was made on theprinted wiring boards according to the first embodiment-1 to the firstembodiment-12, the first embodiment-28, the first comparative example-1to the first comparative example-3. In the meantime, an evaluationobject pattern is a test pattern for insulation resistance evaluationformed on the core substrate. Its result is shown in FIG. 13. The testtime is 115 hours and if the insulation resistance is 10⁷Ω or more after115 hours pass, the test result is acceptable and if it is below thatvalue, it is unacceptable.

For the first embodiments-3, 4, 7, 8, the minimum line interval and linewidth formation capacity evaluation pattern (see the above-mentionedprocess (16) of the first embodiment-1) were evaluated duringmanufacturing of the printed wiring board. Its result was shown in FIG.14 as a formation capacity. In the same Figure, O indicates that therewas a short-circuit and X indicates that there was a short-circuitbetween adjoining wirings.

FIGS. 13, 15 show an amount of voltage drop and an insulation resistanceafter HAST to various α1/α2. As for the result after the HAST, anacceptable result is indicated with O and an unacceptable result isindicated with X. FIG. 17 shows a graph of the voltage drop amount tovarious α1/α2.

If a deflection allowable range is ±10% (voltage drop amount of thethird time) when the power source voltage is 1.0V in the results ofFIGS. 13, 15, this means that the voltage behavior is stable and nomalfunction of the IC chip is induced. That is, if the voltage dropamount is less than 0.1 V, no malfunction or the like of the IC chip dueto the voltage drop is induced. Therefore, if it is less than 0.09 V,the stability increases. For the reason, it is better that the ratio of(sum of thicknesses of power source conductive layers of multilayer coresubstrate/thickness of conductive layer on interlayer insulation layer)is over 1.0. Further, the range of 1.2≦(sum of thicknesses of powersource conductive layers of multilayer core substrate/thickness ofconductive layer on interlayer insulation layer)≦40 is within thedeflection allowable range.

However, this value begins to rise when it exceeds 8.25 and if itexceeds 40, the voltage drop amount passes over 0.1 V. This reason isestimated to be that the through hole length increases so that it takeslonger to supply power to the IC because the conductive layer of themultilayer core substrate becomes thick or the number of the innerlayers increases.

However, if the (sum of thicknesses of power source conductive layers ofmultilayer core substrate/thickness of conductive layer on interlayerinsulation layer) was within the above-mentioned range, the firstembodiments-11, 12 in which only a layer was formed thick was inferiorto other embodiments in the insulation reliability of the core substrateand thus they were unacceptable (see FIG. 13). This indicates that bysetting the sum of the power source conductive layers in theabove-mentioned range by forming the core into multilayers not byforming the thickness of only a layer, a printed wiring board having anexcellent insulation reliability can be produced, in which nomalfunction occurs even if a high frequency IC is loaded.

As a result of analyzing the insulation evaluation test patterns of thecore substrate of the first embodiments-11, 12, it was confirmed that agap between their lines was small. It is estimated that the insulationresistance was below the standard because of this. By comparison of thefirst embodiments-3, 4 with the first embodiments-7, 8 of FIG. 14, it ismade evident that the thickness of conductive layers on the front andrear surfaces of the multilayer core substrate is smaller than thethickness of the conductive layer in the inner layer. This reason isthat because interlayer agent meanders when a thick conductive layer isformed on the front and rear surfaces, fine wiring cannot be formed onthe interlayer insulation layer.

Whether or not any malfunction occurred in a loaded IC chip was verifiedregarding multilayer printed wiring boards manufactured according to thefirst embodiment-1 to 12, 27, 28 and the first comparative example-1 to3 according to a method described below.

As for the IC chip, any IC chip selected from following NOs. 1-3 wasmounted on each multilayer printed wiring board and whether or not anymalfunction existed was evaluated by executing simultaneous switching100 times. Those results are shown in FIG. 15.

No. 1: drive frequency: 3.06 GHz, bass clock (FSB): 533 MHzNo. 2: drive frequency: 3.2 GHz, bass clock (FSB): 800 MHzNo. 3: drive frequency: 3.46 GHz, bass clock (FSB): 1066 MHz

It is made evident that no malfunction is observed in the IC if theratio of α1/α2 is in the range of 1.2 to 40 according to a result ofmounting the No. 1 IC chip. The reason is estimated to be that supply ofpower to the IC is carried out in a moment because the conductiveresistance of the power source layer is low. According to the result ofmounting the No. 2 IC chip, power needs to be supplied to the IC in ashorter time if the drive frequency of the IC increases, therebyindicating that there exists a more preferable range. The reason why amalfunction occurred in the first embodiments-11, 12 in which theconductive layer in the inner layer of the multilayer core and the firstembodiments-5, 6 having a number of the inner layers is estimated to bethat a signal may deteriorate when transmitted through the through hole((not shown) electrically connected to the signal circuit of the IC) aswell as that the supply of power delays as the thickness of the coresubstrate increases. When the signal through hole passes through thefour-layer core, that through hole passes through, from top, aninsulation layer (insulation layer located between the power sourcelayer on the front surface layer and the ground layer in the inner layerin FIG. 9), ground layer, insulation layer (insulation layer locatedbetween the ground layer in the inner layer and the power source layerin the inner layer in FIG. 9), power source layer, insulation layer(insulation layer located between the power source layer in the innerlayer and the ground layer on the rear surface in FIG. 9). In the signalline, the value of its impedance differs across an interface between aninsulation layer between the power source layer on the front surfacelayer and the ground layer and the ground layer because the impedancechanges depending on the surrounding ground and whether or not power ispresent. Thus, reflection of signal occurs on that interface. The samething occurs in other interface. It is estimated that any malfunctionoccurred in the first embodiments-5, 6, 11, 12 because the change amountof the impedance increases as a distance between the signal through holeand the ground layer or the power source layer decreases, the thicknessof the ground layer or the power source layer increases, and the numberof the interfaces increases (FIG. 39 shows a schematic diagram of thesignal through hole, surrounding power source layers, ground layer andinsulation layer and the interfaces (X1, X2, X3, X4) for reflecting asignal). The reason for the malfunction of the first embodiments-1, 2 isestimated to be that the sum of the thicknesses of the power sourcelayers is small.

As a result of mounting the No. 3 IC, it is made evident that having athick conductive layer located in the inner layer and forming of 4-layercore whose α1/α2 is 3 to 7 are effective for high speed of the IC. Thisreason is estimated to be that the supply of power in a short time andprevention of signal deterioration can be achieved at the same time.Further, by comparison of the first embodiments-3, 4 with the firstembodiments-7, 8, it is made evident that disposing a thick conductivelayer as an inner layer is effective in electrical viewpoints. Thisreason is estimated to be that inductance decreases due to a mutualoperation between the power source through hole and the ground layer inthe inner layer and between the ground through hole and the power sourcelayer in the inner layer.

Whether or not any malfunction occurred in a loaded IC chip was verifiedregarding multilayer printed wiring boards manufactured according to thefirst embodiments-13 to 26 according to a method described below.

As for the IC chip, any IC chip selected from following NOs. 1-3 wasmounted on each multilayer printed wiring board and whether or not anymalfunction existed was evaluated by executing simultaneous switching100 times. Those results are shown in FIG. 16. TH used in the sameFigure is an abbreviation of the through hole.

No. 1: drive frequency: 3.06 GHz, bass clock (FSB): 533 MHzNo. 2: drive frequency: 3.2 GHz, bass clock (FSB): 800 MHzNo. 3: drive frequency: 3.46 GHz, bass clock (FSB): 1066 MHz

If comparing the first embodiments-10, 27 with the first embodiments-19,20, 29, 30, it is made evident that the malfunction of the IC isunlikely to occur in a through hole having no dummy land. This reason isestimated to be that the mutual inductance decreases by an amountcorresponding to having no dummy land because the through hole and theconductive layer in the inner layer, each having an opposite potential,are located nearer. Estimated another reason is that the wiring lengthfor supply of electricity is shorter by an amount corresponding tohaving no dummy land because electricity flows on the surface of aconductor easily.

Printed wiring boards of the first embodiments-3, 4, 13, 14, 17, 18, 28were left under an environment of a high temperatures and high humidity(85° C., 85%) for 100 hours. After that, whether or not malfunctionoccurred was verified by performing the simultaneous switching bymounting the above-mentioned No. 3 IC chip on each printed wiring board.No malfunction occurred except in the first embodiment-3. It isestimated that a malfunction was generated in the first embodiment-3because resistance of the conductive layer was increased due to the hightemperature and high humidity test. As regards other embodiments, it isestimated that no malfunction occurred although resistance rose becauseother embodiments had a thicker conductive layer or a through holehaving no dummy land different from the first embodiment-3 or theinductance of the other embodiments was lower than the firstembodiment-3. Therefore, it is considered that the thickness of theconductive layer in the inner layer is preferred to be 60 μm to 125 μm.In conclusion, it can be estimated that the thickness of the conductivelayer in the inner layer and the through hole having no dummy landaffect each other in the multilayer core.

B. Second Embodiment

The multilayer printed wiring board according to the second embodiment-1will be described with reference to FIGS. 18-25.

First, the structure of the multilayer printed wiring board 10 of thesecond embodiment-1 will be described with reference to FIGS. 22, 23.FIG. 22 shows a sectional view of the multilayer printed wiring board 10and FIG. 23 shows a condition in which an IC chip 90 is mounted on themultilayer printed wiring board 10 shown in FIG. 22, which is placed ona daughter board 94. As shown in FIG. 22, the multilayer printed wiringboard 10 uses a multilayer core substrate 30. A signal circuit 34S, apower source circuit 34P and a grounding circuit 34E are formed on thefront and rear surfaces of the multilayer core substrate 30. A groundingcircuit 16E and a signal circuit 16S1 of the inner layer are formed onthe front surface side inside of the multilayer core substrate 30 and apower source circuit 16P and a signal circuit 16S2 are formed on therear surface. A grounding circuit 16E on the upper side is formed as aplain layer for grounding and a power source circuit 16P on the lowerside is formed as a plain layer for power source. The plain layer may beformed of a single layer on only one side or two or more layers. It ispreferred to be composed of two to four layers. If the four layers areexceeded, the effect is about the same as four layers because thethickness of the core increases so that any improvement of electriccharacteristic has not been verified. Conversely, the effect may worsendepending on the case. The reason is that formation with two layersmakes it difficult to cause warpage because the through hole lengthdecreases and the elongation ratio of the substrate is arranged neatlyin viewpoints of stiffness adjustment of the multilayer core substrate.An electrically isolated metallic plate may be accommodated in thecenter of the multilayer core substrate 30. Although the metal platemakes a role as a core material, no electrical connection in the throughhole or via hole is achieved. Mainly, the stiffness against the warpageof the substrate is improved. In the multilayer core substrate 30, itsinner layer, the front surface side and the rear surface side areconnected with each other through a signal through hole (not shown) forconnecting a signal circuit of the IC, a grounding circuit, and a powersource circuit electrically, a grounding through hole 36E and a powersource through hole 36P.

An interlayer insulation layer 50 in which a via hole 60 and a conductorcircuit 58 are formed and an interlayer insulation layer 150 in which avia hole 160 and a conductor circuit 158 are formed are disposed on apower source circuit 34P, a grounding circuit 34E and a signal circuit34S on the front surface of the multilayer core substrate 30. A solderresist layer 70 is formed above the via hole 160 and the conductorcircuit 158 and bumps 76U, 76D are formed in the via hole 160 andconductor circuit 158 through solder resist layer 70 and opening portion71.

As shown in FIG. 23, the solder bump 76U on the upper side of themultilayer printed wiring board 10 is connected to a land 92 of an ICchip 90. Further, a chip capacitor 98 is mounted. On the other hand, anexternal terminal 76D on the lower side is connected to a land 96 of adaughter board 94. The external terminal in this case refers to PGA,BGA, solder bump or the like.

FIG. 25(A) shows a lateral sectional view taken along X3-X3 of FIG. 22,namely, a plan view of a grounding plain layer 16E as an inner layer.FIG. 25(B) shows a sectional view taken along X2-X2, namely, a plan viewof a power source plain layer 16P as an inner layer. The reason why thearrangements of FIG. 22 and FIGS. 25(A), (B) do not coincide is thatFIG. 22 shows schematically the longitudinal structure of the multilayerprinted wiring board.

In the multilayer printed wiring board 30 as shown in FIG. 25(A), thepower source through hole 36P has no conductor circuit such as landextending from the through hole within the grounding plain layer 16Ewhen the power source through hole 36P passes through the groundingplain layer 16E as an inner layer of the multilayer core. The powersource through hole 36P is disposed in a vacancy 35 provided in thegrounding plain layer 16E. The grounding through hole 36E, which passesthrough the power source plain layer 16P, is disposed in the vacancy 35within the power source plain layer 16P when the grounding through hole36E passes through the power source plain layer 16P as shown in FIG.25(B) and has no conductor circuit such as a land extending from thethrough hole. Such a core structure enables gaps between the powersource through hole and grounding through hole, between the power sourcethrough hole and the grounding plain layer in the horizontal directionof the core and between the grounding through hole and the power sourceplain layer in the horizontal direction of the core, thereby making itpossible to reduce the mutual inductance. Further, the conductor area ofthe power source plain layer and the grounding plain layer can beincreased because the through hole does not have any dummy land.Consequently, the voltage drop of the first time and the second time canbe reduced as described with reference to FIGS. 28, 29, so that shortageof power becomes unlikely to occur and even if an IC chip having a highfrequency range is mounted, a malfunction or error at the time ofinitial operation is not induced.

In FIG. 25, as for the through holes in the multilayer core substrate,the power source through hole 36P and the grounding through hole 36E aredisposed alternately. Such an alternate arrangement reduces the mutualinductance so as to reduce the voltage drop of the first time and secondtime.

However, all the ones do not have to be disposed alternately and asshown in FIGS. 31(A), 31(B), part of the power source through holes andthe grounding through holes may adjoin each other. If the through holes36P, 36P adjoin each other as shown in FIG. 31 (A), both of them may beconnected via the power source circuit 16P1 within the grounding plainlayer 16E or the through hole 36P may be formed within the vacancy 35without connecting the both. The same thing is performed if thegrounding through holes 36E adjoin each other as shown in FIG. 31(B).Forming it in the vacancy 35 is preferable because the conductive volumeof the plain layer increases.

Although any conductor circuit extending from the through hole does notneed to be provided within the power source plain layer 16P and thegrounding plain layer 16E because a signal through hole is not connectedto the power source plain layer 16P and the grounding plain layer 16E, acircuit may be formed in any plain layer if space for circuit formationis available. Arrangement of the signal circuit with a core isadvantageous for making the configuration fine when wiring is performedwith build-up layer.

Further, the thickness of the conductor of the multilayer core substrate30 and the thickness of the conductor of the inner layer are preferredto be larger than the thickness of the conductor of the front surfacelayer. The power source circuit 34P, the grounding circuit 34E and thesignal circuit 34S on the front surface of the multilayer core substrate30 are formed 10 to 60 μm thick, the power source circuit 16P, thegrounding circuit 16E and the signal circuit 16S1, 16S2 of the innerlayer are formed 10 to 250 μm thick and the conductor circuit 58 on theinterlayer insulation layer 50 and the conductor circuit 158 on theinterlayer insulation layer 150 are formed 5 to 25 μm thick. Thethickness of the conductor circuit in the inner layer of the multilayercore substrate is preferred to be twice or more the thickness of theconductor circuit on the front and rear surfaces of the multilayer coresubstrate.

In the multilayer printed wiring board of the second embodiment-1, thestrength of the multilayer core substrate is increased by forming thepower source layer (conductive layer) 34P, the grounding circuit 34E,and the signal circuit 34S included in the multilayer core substrate 30and the power source circuit 16P and the grounding circuit 16E of theinner layer thick. As a consequence, warpage and generated stress can berelaxed in the substrate itself even if the multilayer core substrateitself is formed thin.

The volume of the conductor itself can be increased by forming thesignal circuit 34S, the power source circuit 34P, the grounding circuit34E, the power source circuit 16P and the grounding circuit 16E thick.Resistance of the conductor can be decreased by increasing the volume.

Further, the supply capacity of electric power to the IC chip 90 can beimproved by using the power source circuits 34P, 16P as a power sourcelayer. Thus, when the IC chip is mounted on the multilayer printedsubstrate, inductance from the IC chip to the substrate to the powersource can be decreased. As a result, the voltage drop of the third timeat the initial operation decreases so that shortage of power becomesunlikely to occur and thus, even if the IC chip for a high frequencyregion is mounted, malfunction or error at the initial start is notinduced. Further, by using the grounding circuits 34E, 16E as agrounding layer, no noise overlaps supplies of signal or electric powerfor the IC chip thereby preventing generation of malfunction or error.If a capacitor is mounted, shortage of electric power becomes unlikelyto occur because electric power accumulated in the capacity can be usedas a supplement. Particularly by disposing the capacitor just below theIC chip, its effect (making shortage of power unlikely to occur) isimproved considerably. The reason is that if it is just below the ICchip, the length of wring in the multilayer printed wiring board can bedecreased.

According to the second embodiment-1, the multilayer core substrate 30has the thick power source circuit 16P and grounding circuit 16E as aninner layer and the thin power source circuit 34P and grounding circuit34E on the front surface, and the power source circuit 16P and groundingcircuit 16E of the inner layer and the power source circuit 34P and thegrounding circuit 34E on the front side are used as a conductive layerfor power source layer and conductive layer for grounding. That is, evenif the thick power source circuit 16P and grounding circuit 16E aredisposed in the inner layer, an insulation layer is formed to cover theconductor circuit. Consequently, the front surface of the multilayercore substrate 30 can be made flat by killing unevenness with theconductor circuit. Thus even if the thin power source circuit 34P andgrounding circuit 34E are disposed on the surface of the multilayer coresubstrate 30 to prevent the conductor circuit 58, 158 in the interlayerinsulation layer 50, 150 from meandering, a sufficient thickness can besecured as the conductive layer of the core by adding the thicknesses ofthe power source circuit 16P and the grounding circuit 16E of the innerlayer. Any fault do not occur in impedance of the conductive layer onthe interlayer insulation layer. The electric characteristic of themultilayer printed wiring board can be improved by using the powersource circuits 16P, 34P as a conductive layer for power source layerand the grounding circuits 16E, 34E as a conductive layer for grounding.Further, the electric characteristic can be improved because theopposing area (opposing distance) of the through hole and conductivelayer of inner layer, whose potentials are opposite to each other,increases as shown in FIG. 34.

Further, the thicknesses of the power source circuit 16P and thegrounding circuit 16E in the inner layer of the multilayer coresubstrate are set larger than the conductor circuits 58, 158 on theinterlayer insulation layers 50, 150. As a result, even if the thingrounding circuit 34E and power source circuit 34P are disposed on thefront surface of the multilayer core substrate 30, a sufficientthickness as the conductive layer of the core can be secured by addingthe thicknesses of the thick power source circuit 16P and groundingcircuit 16E in the inner layer. The ratio is preferred to be1<(thickness of conductor circuit of the inner layer of thecore/thickness of conductor circuit of interlayer insulation layer)≦40,and more preferably it is 1.2≦(thickness of conductor circuit of theinner layer of the core/thickness of conductor circuit of interlayerinsulation layer)≦30.

Further, a micro strip structure can be formed by disposing a signalline 16S1 between the power source circuit 34P and the power sourcecircuit 16P within the multilayer core substrate. Likewise, the microstrip structure can be formed by disposing a signal line (not shown, inthe same layer as the power source circuit 16P) between the groundingcircuit 16E and the grounding circuit 34E. By forming the micro stripstructure, the inductance drops and impedance matching can be secured.Thus, the electric characteristic can be stabilized.

FIG. 24 shows a modification of the second embodiment-1. According tothis modification, a capacitor 98 is disposed just below the IC chip 90.Thus, the distance between the IC chip 90 and the capacitor 98 is small,thereby preventing voltage drop of power to be supplied to the IC chip90.

Subsequently, the manufacturing method of the multilayer printed wiringboard 10 shown in FIG. 22 will be described with reference to FIGS.18-23.

C. Manufacturing of Multilayer Printed Wiring Board Creation ofMultilayer Core Substrate

(1) A copper clad laminate 10 was used as a starting material, in whichcopper foil 16 having a thickness of 10 to 250 μm was laminated on bothfaces of an insulation substrate 14 composed of glass epoxy resin or BT(Bsmaleimide-Triazine) resin 0.6 mm thick (FIG. 18(A)). In the secondembodiment-1, a copper foil 30 μm thick was used.(2) Subsequently, a conductor circuit 16E having no dummy land wasformed in the vacancy 35 in the copper foil 16 just below the IC asshown in FIG. 19(A) indicating the front surface and a conductor circuit16P having no dummy land was formed in the vacancy 35 as shown in FIG.19(B) indicating the rear surface according to subtractive method. Forreference, FIG. 38 shows a conventional example. According to theconventional example, a circuit 16DD acting as a dummy land 16D isprovided in all the vacancies 35 so that a through hole passage 36 isformed within the circuit 16DD. The vacancy (opening) 35 is formed at aposition in which the through hole is formed. By forming a conductorcircuit having no dummy land, the interval between the through holes,the interval between the power source through hole and groundingconductive layer (X in FIG. 34) and the interval between the groundingthrough hole and power source conductive layer can be narrowed relativeto an ordinary structure having the dummy land, because usually, thecircuit 16DD acting as the dummy land 16D is formed in the diameter of+150 to 250 μm with respect to the through hole diameter. Mutualinductance can be reduced or the conductor resistance can be reduced byproviding no dummy land. Further, an area in which the power sourcelayer and grounding layer can be formed increases.(3) After that, that substrate was subjected to black oxidation withaqueous solution containing NaOH(10 g/l), NaClO₂ (40 g/l), Na₃PO₄(6 g/l)as black oxidation solution (oxidation solution) and reduction withaqueous solution containing NaOH(10 g/l), NaBH₄ (6 g/l) as reductionsolution so as to form a roughed face 16 α on the surface of the lowerlayer conductor circuits 16E, 16S1, 16P and 16S2. (FIG. 18(C))(4) Prepreg 18 200 μm thick and copper foil 20 18 μm thick werelaminated on both surfaces of the aforementioned substrate in order andafter that, a 4-layer multilayer core substrate 30 was created byheating and pressing with pressure (FIG. 18(D)). The thickness of theprepreg is changed depending on the thickness of the copper foil 16.(5) A through hole passage 36 was made by drilling this multilayer coresubstrate 30 (FIG. 20(A)). After that, by executing electroless platingor electrolytic plating and then etching in the form of a pattern,conductor circuits 34S, 34P, 34E, a signal through hole 36S (not shown)for a diameter of 250 μm, a power source through hole 36P, and agrounding through hole 36E were formed in the front and rear surfaces ofthe multilayer core substrate (FIG. 20(B)).(6) After the conductor circuits 34S, 34P and 34E and the through holes36S, 36P, 36E were formed in the front and rear surfaces of themultilayer core substrate, that substrate was subjected to blackoxidation with aqueous solution containing NaOH(10 g/l), NaClO₂(40 g/l),Na₃PO₄(6 g/l) as black oxidation solution and reduction with aqueoussolution containing NaOH(10 g/l), NaBH₄ (6 g/l) as reduction solution soas to form a roughed face 34β on the surfaces of the upper layerconductor circuit and through hole (FIG. 20(C)).(7) Then, after through hole charging resin compound 40 created in thesame way as the aforementioned first embodiment-1 was charged betweenthe conductor circuits 34S, 34P, 34E and in the through holes 36S, 36P,36E using a squeegee, it was dried at 100° C. for 20 minutes (FIG. 21(A)). The surface of the substrate 30 was polished into a flat surfaceuntil the surfaces of the conductor circuit and the land surface of thethrough hole are exposed and resin charged layer was formed by hardeningthe through hole charging resin compound 40 by heating at 100° for anhour and at 150° for an hour so as to form the through holes 36S (notshown), 36P, 36E (FIG. 21 (B)).

The copper thickness on the front and rear surfaces of the multilayercore substrate was 7.5 to 70 μm. It is preferable to form the copperthickness on the front and rear surfaces of the multilayer coresubstrate smaller than the copper thickness of the inner layer. It wasset to 25 μm according to the second embodiment-1.

As a consequence, a finer circuit than in the inner layer can be formedin the front and rear surfaces so that the diameter of the through holeland can be reduced and the gap between the conductor circuits, the gapbetween the through hole land and the conductor circuit can be formedsmall. Therefore, the through hole land and the conductor circuit on thefront and rear surface layers are not an obstacle to reduction of thethrough hole pitch.

(8) After the aforementioned substrate was washed with water anddegreased with acid, soft etching was carried out and then, the surfaceof the signal circuit 34S, the power source circuit 34P and thegrounding circuit 34E and the land surface of the through hole 36 wereetched by spraying etching liquid on both surfaces of the substrate soas to form the roughed face 36β on the entire surface of the conductorcircuit (FIG. 21 (C)). As the etching liquid, etching liquid(manufactured by MECK, MECK etch bond) composed of copper imidazole (II)complex of 10 weight part, glycolic acid of 7.3 weight part andpotassium chloride of 5 weight part was used.

Because following processes are the same as the first embodiment-1described above with reference to FIGS. 5-7, description thereof isomitted. However, the thickness of the conductor circuit 58, 158 was setto 15 μm for adjustment of plating time.

Second Embodiment-2

Although the second embodiment-1 defines that a region in which athrough hole having no conductor circuit extending from the through holeexists just below the IC, that is changed as following according to thesecond embodiment-2. The other portion is the same as the secondembodiment-1.

FIG. 26(A) shows a lateral sectional view of a typical grounding layerof the inner layer of the inner layer of a 4-layer core and FIG. 26(B)shows a lateral sectional view of a typical power source layer of the4-layer core.

The multilayer core of the second embodiment-2 is a 4-layer core and thepower source through holes 36P having no conductor circuit 16D extendingfrom the through hole when passing through the grounding layer 16Eoccupy 50% all through holes connected to a power source circuit of theIC and the grounding through holes 36E having no conductor circuitextending from the through hole when passing through the power sourcelayer 16P occupy 50% all through holes connected to a grounding circuitof the IC. The quantity of the through holes having no dummy land can beadjusted by changing the pattern of an exposure film when a circuit isformed in the copper foil 16 in the aforementioned process (2), withreference to FIG. 18(B).

Second Embodiment-3

The second embodiment-3 is the same as the second embodiment-2 exceptthat the through holes having no conductor circuit extending from thethrough hole of the second embodiment-2 were set to 70%.

Second Embodiment-4

The second embodiment-4 is the same as the second embodiment-2 exceptthat the through holes having no conductor circuit extending from thethrough hole of the second embodiment-2 were set to 80%.

Second Embodiment-5

The second embodiment-5 is the same as the second embodiment-2 exceptthat the through holes having no conductor circuit extending from thethrough hole of the second embodiment-2 were set to 90%.

Second Embodiment-6

According to the second embodiment-6, the thicknesses of the powersource layer in the inner layer and the conductor in the grounding layerof the second embodiment-1 were changed to 45 μm. The other thing is thesame as the second embodiment-1.

Second Embodiment-7

According to the second embodiment-7, the thicknesses of the powersource layer in the inner layer and the conductor in the grounding layerof the second embodiment-1 were changed to 60 μm. The other thing is thesame as the second embodiment-1.

Second Embodiment-8

According to the second embodiment-8, the thicknesses of the powersource layer in the inner layer and the conductor in the grounding layerof the second embodiment-1 were changed to 75 μm. The other thing is thesame as the second embodiment-1.

Second Embodiment-9

According to the second embodiment-9, the thicknesses of the powersource layer in the inner layer and the conductor in the grounding layerof the second embodiment-3 were changed to 75 μm. The other thing is thesame as the second embodiment-3.

Second Embodiment-10

The multilayer printed wiring board according to the secondembodiment-10 will be described with reference to FIG. 27.

In the multilayer printed wiring board of the second embodiment-1described above with reference to FIG. 22, a multilayer core substrate30 in which two grounding circuits 16E, 16P were disposed in its innerlayer was used. Contrary to this, the second embodiment-10 uses amultilayer core substrate 20 in which four-layer grounding circuits 16E,116E, 16P, 116PP in the inner layer are provided. The grounding circuitand power source circuit are disposed alternately.

Second Embodiments-11 to 19

In the second embodiments-1 to 9, the thickness of a starting materialand the thickness of conductive layers on the front and rear surfaces ofthe core substrate were changed. More specifically, the thickness of thecopper clad laminate 10 of FIG. 18(A) was set to 0.2 mm and thethickness of the conductive layer (34S, 34P, 34E) on the front and rearsurfaces of the core substrate of FIG. 20 (B) was set to 10 μm. Afollowing process was the same as the second embodiment-1.

Second Embodiment-20

According to the second embodiment-20, the quantity of the power sourcethrough holes having no dummy land located just below the IC of thesecond embodiment-16 was set to 30% all power source through holes andthe quantity of the grounding through holes having no dummy land justbelow the IC was set to 30% all grounding through holes.

Second Embodiment-21

According to the second embodiment-21, the thicknesses of the powersource layer in the inner layer of the multilayer core substrate and theconductor in the grounding layer of the second embodiment-20 were set to60 μm.

Second Embodiment-22

According to the second embodiment-22, the thicknesses of the powersource layer in the inner layer of the multilayer core substrate and theconductor in the grounding layer of the second embodiment-20 were set to75 μm.

Second Embodiment-23

According to the second embodiment-23, the thicknesses of the powersource layer in the inner layer of the multilayer core substrate and theconductor in the grounding layer of the second embodiment-20 were set to150 μm. The thickness of the prepreg in FIG. 18(D) was set to 275 μm.

Second Embodiment-24

According to the second embodiment-24, the thickness of the power sourcelayer in the inner layer of the multilayer core substrate and theconductor in the grounding layer of the second embodiment-20 were set to300 μm. The thickness of the prepreg in FIG. 18(D) was set to 450 μm.

Second Embodiment-25

According to the second embodiment-25, the quantity of the power sourcethrough holes having no dummy land just below the IC of the secondembodiment-20 was set to 50% all the power source through holes and thequantity of the grounding through holes having no dummy land just belowthe IC was set to 50% the grounding through holes.

Second Embodiment-26

According to the second embodiment-26, the quantity of the power sourcethrough holes having no dummy land just below the IC of the secondembodiment-21 was set to 50% all the power source through holes and thequantity of the grounding through holes having no dummy land just belowthe IC was set to 50% the grounding through holes.

Second Embodiment-27

According to the second embodiment-27, the quantity of the power sourcethrough holes having no dummy land just below the IC of the secondembodiment-22 was set to 50% all the power source through holes and thequantity of the grounding through holes having no dummy land just belowthe IC was set to 50% the grounding through holes.

Second Embodiment-28

According to the second embodiment-28, the quantity of the power sourcethrough holes having no dummy land just below the IC of the secondembodiment-23 was set to 50% all the power source through holes and thequantity of the grounding through holes having no dummy land just belowthe IC was set to 50% the grounding through holes.

Second Embodiment-29

According to the second embodiment-29, the quantity of the power sourcethrough holes having no dummy land just below the IC of the secondembodiment-24 was set to 50% all the power source through holes and thequantity of the grounding through holes having no dummy land just belowthe IC was set to 50% the grounding through holes.

Second Embodiment-30

According to the second embodiment-30, the quantity of the power sourcethrough holes having no dummy land just below the IC of the secondembodiment-20 was set to 70% all power source through holes and thequantity of the grounding through holes having no dummy land just belowthe IC was set to 70% all the grounding through holes.

Second Embodiment-31

According to the second embodiment-31, the quantity of the power sourcethrough holes having no dummy land just below the IC of the secondembodiment-21 was set to 70% all power source through holes and thequantity of the grounding through holes having no dummy land just belowthe IC was set to 70% all the grounding through holes.

Second Embodiment-32

According to the second embodiment-32, the quantity of the power sourcethrough holes having no dummy land just below the IC of the secondembodiment-22 was set to 70% all power source through holes and thequantity of the grounding through holes having no dummy land just belowthe IC was set to 70% all the grounding through holes.

Second Embodiment-33

According to the second embodiment-33, the quantity of the power sourcethrough holes having no dummy land just below the IC of the secondembodiment-23 was set to 70% all power source through holes and thequantity of the grounding through holes having no dummy land just belowthe IC was set to 70% all the grounding through holes.

Second Embodiment-34

According to the second embodiment-34, the quantity of the power sourcethrough holes having no dummy land just below the IC of the secondembodiment-24 was set to 70% all power source through holes and thequantity of the grounding through holes having no dummy land just belowthe IC was set to 70% all the grounding through holes.

Second Embodiment-35

According to the second embodiment-35, the thicknesses of the powersource layer in the inner layer of the multilayer core substrate and theconductor in the grounding layer of the second embodiment-12 were set to60 μm.

Second Embodiment-36

According to the second embodiment-36, the thicknesses of the powersource layer in the inner layer of the multilayer core substrate and theconductor in the grounding layer of the second embodiment-25 were set to30 μm.

The quantity of the through holes having no dummy land just below the ICof the second embodiments-2 to 5, 12 to 15, 19, 35 is a number expressedby subtracting 10 to 15% from a percentage indicated in FIGS. 30, 33.

Second Comparative Example-1

A multilayer core substrate was formed so that the conductive layer inthe inner layer and the conductive layer on the front surface have thesame thickness as the second embodiment-1. The dummy lands 16 weredisposed in all the through holes like the related technology describedwith reference to FIGS. 36, 38.

Second Comparative Example-2

This embodiment is the same as the second comparative-1 except that thethickness of the conductor of the multilayer core substrate of thesecond comparative example-1 was set to 15 μm.

Second Comparative Example-3

In the second comparative example-1, the thickness of a startingmaterial was changed. More specifically, the thickness of the copperclad laminate 10 was set to 0.2 mm. In FIG. 18 (A), the thickness of thecopper foil 16 was set to 5 μm.

An IC chip of 3.1 GHz in frequency was mounted on substrates of thesecond embodiments-1 to 9 and the second comparative examples-1, 2, thesame amount of power was supplied and then the amount of voltage droppedat the startup was measured. Because the voltage of the IC chip cannotbe measured directly, a circuit which enables the voltage of the IC tobe measured is formed on a printed wiring board. The value of voltagedrop at this time is indicated. This is a value of the voltage drop whenthe power source voltage is 1.0 V.

Further, the initial operations of the second embodiments-1 to 9 and thesecond comparative examples-1, 2 were verified. Table 33 shows thisresult.

The quantity of the through holes having no dummy land was verifiedalso. Its result is shown below. With the quantity of the through holeshaving no dummy land on the abscissa axis and the value of the voltagedrop amount on the ordinate axis, FIGS. 32(A), (B) show a result (V).

As a result of comparison between the second embodiment-1 and the secondcomparative example-1, it is evident that the voltage drops of the firsttime and second time is improved by forming a through hole just belowthe IC with a through hole having no conductor circuit extending fromthe through hole, so that malfunction of the IC is eliminated.

As a result of comparison between the second embodiments-2 to 5 and thesecond comparative example-1, it is evident that the voltage drop of thefirst time and second time is improved by forming the power source andgrounding through holes with through holes having no dummy land and thenincreasing the quantity thereof (see FIGS. 32(A), (B) and FIG. 33).

As a result of comparison of the second embodiments-1, 6, 7, 8, it isevident that the voltage drop of the first time and second time isfurther improved by increasing the thickness of the inner layer in themultilayer core (see FIG. 40). Then, if the thickness of the conductorof the conductor of the inner layer is three or more times the thicknessof the conductor of a built-up layer, the effect of the improvementlowers.

From the second embodiments-2 to 5 and the second comparative example-1,it is evident that the voltage drops of the first time and second timeare improved by increasing the quantity of the through holes having noconductor circuit extending from the through hole. If the quantityexceeds 70%, malfunction of the IC is eliminated. Then, if the quantityof the through holes having no conductor circuit extending from thethrough hole is over 70%, the effect of the improvement lowers.

From the second comparative example-1 and the second comparativeexample-2, it is evident that the voltage drop of the third time isimproved by increasing the thickness of the conductor.

From the above-mentioned test result, it is evident that the degree ofshortage of power (voltage drop) generated at the initial startup of theIC chip is reduced by the structure of the present invention and thateven if an IC chip for high frequency region, particularly an IC chip of3 GHz or more is mounted, it can be started without any problem. For thereason, the electric characteristic and electric connectivity can beimproved also.

Resistance within a circuit of a printed substrate can be reducedrelative to a conventional printed substrate. Thus, when reliabilitytest (high temperature and high humidity bias test) is carried out underhigh temperatures and high humidity by applying bias, it takes long todestroy, so that the reliability can be improved.

Next, as regards the multilayer printed wiring board manufacturedaccording to the second embodiments-11 to 36 and the second comparativeexample-3, the voltage drop amount of the IC chip was measured accordingto a method descried below.

In each multilayer printed wiring board equipped with a No. 3 IC chipdescribed below, the amount of a voltage drop of the IC chip at thattime was measured by performing simultaneous switching. A circuitallowing the voltage of the IC to be measured is formed in a printedwiring board because the voltage of the IC chip cannot be measureddirectly. This is a value of the voltage drop when the power sourcevoltage is 1.0 V.

As regards the multilayer printed wiring board manufactured according tothe second embodiments-11 to 36 and the second comparative example-3,whether or not the mounted IC chip malfunctioned was verified accordingto a method described below.

As for the IC chip, any one IC chip selected from following Nos. 1 to 3was mounted on each multilayer printed wiring board and whether or notmalfunction occurred was evaluated by executing the simultaneousswitching 100 times. FIG. 30 shows the results.

No. 1: drive frequency: 3.06 GHz, bass clock (FSB): 533 MHzNo. 2: drive frequency: 3.2 GHz, bass clock (FSB): 800 MHzNo. 3: drive frequency: 3.46 GHz, bass clock (FSB): 1066 MHz

From a result of mounting the No. 1 IC chip, it is evident thatmalfunction of the IC chip and voltage drop can be suppressed if part ofthe through holes are through holes having no dummy land. This isestimated to be due to the effects 2-4 of the second invention describedin the specification.

From comparison between the second embodiment-12 provided with the No. 2IC chip and the second embodiment-36, it is evident that an area forforming a through hole having no dummy land is preferred to be justbelow the IC.

From comparison between the second embodiments-20 to 24 equipped withthe No. 3 IC chip and the second embodiments-25 to 29, it is evidentthat interaction exists between the thickness of the conductor in theinner layer and the quantity of the through holes having no dummy land.If the thickness of the conductor in the inner layer is small, thequantity of the through holes having no dummy land needs to be increasedand if the thickness of the conductor in the inner layer is large, thethrough holes maybe in a small quantity. This is estimated to be due tothe effect described with reference to FIG. 34.

The thickness of the conductor in the grounding layer of the inner layeris equal to the thickness of the conductor of the power source layer inthe inner layer and the thickness of the conductor in the groundinglayer on the rear surface of the core substrate is equal to thethickness of the conductor in the power source layer on the frontsurface. Thus, the total thickness of the conductors in the groundinglayer is large like the power source layer, so that noise can be reducedthereby making it difficult for malfunction to occur.

As a result of comparison between the second embodiment-12 equipped withthe No. 2 IC chip and the second embodiment-36, even if the thickness ofthe conductive layer of the multilayer core or the quantity of thethrough holes having no dummy land is the same, it is evident that theamount of voltage drop or malfunction differs depending on an area inwhich a through hole having no dummy land is provided. This reason isestimated to be that the feature of this application is made moreeffective by providing a through hole having no dummy land just belowthe IC because the through hole just below the IC has a short wiringlength for connecting to the IC.

1. A multilayer printed wiring board in which interlayer insulationlayer and conductive layer are formed on a multilayer core substratecomposed of three or more layers, having a plurality of through holesfor connecting the front surface with the rear surface and conductivelayers on the front and rear surfaces and conductive layer in the innerlayer so as to achieve electric connection through via holes, said aplurality of through holes being composed of a plurality of power sourcethrough holes, a plurality of grounding through holes and a plurality ofsignal through holes connected electrically to a power source circuit ora grounding circuit or a signal circuit of an IC chip, when said powersource through holes pass through the grounding conductive layer of theinner layer in the multilayer core substrate, of the plurality of powersource through holes, at least a power source through hole just belowthe IC having no conductive circuit extending from the power sourcethrough hole in the grounding conductive layer.
 2. A multilayer printedwiring board in which interlayer insulation layer and conductive layerare formed on multilayer core substrate composed of three or morelayers, having a plurality of through holes for connecting the frontsurface with the rear surface and conductive layers on the front andrear surfaces and conductive layer in the inner layer so as to achieveelectric connection through via holes, said a plurality of through holesbeing composed of a plurality of power source through holes, a pluralityof grounding through holes and a plurality of signal through holesconnected electrically to a power source circuit or a grounding circuitor a signal circuit of an IC chip, when said grounding through holespass through the power source conductive layer of the inner layer in themultilayer core substrate, of the plural grounding through holes, atleast a grounding through hole just below the IC having no conductivecircuit extending from the grounding through hole in the power sourceconductive layer.
 3. A multilayer printed wiring board in whichinterlayer insulation layer and conductive layer are formed on amultilayer core substrate composed of four or more layers, having aplurality of through holes for connecting the front and rear surfacesand conductive layers on the front and rear surfaces and conductivelayer in the inner layer so as to achieve electric connection throughvia holes, said multilayer printed wiring board having the power sourcethrough holes described in claim 1 and the grounding through holes passthrough the power source conductive layer of the inner layer in themultilayer core substrate, of the plural grounding through holes, atleast a grounding through hole just below the IC having no conductivecircuit extending from the grounding through hole in the power sourceconductive layer.
 4. A multilayer printed wiring board in whichinterlayer insulation layer and conductive layer are formed on amultilayer core substrate composed of three or more layers, having aplurality of through holes for connecting the front and rear surfacesand conductive layers on the front and rear surfaces and conductivelayer in the inner layer so as to achieve electric connection throughvia holes, said a plurality of through holes being composed of aplurality of power source through holes, a plurality of groundingthrough holes and a plurality of signal through holes connectedelectrically to a power source circuit or a grounding circuit or asignal circuit of an IC chip, when said power source through holes passthrough the grounding conductive layer of the inner layer in themultilayer core substrate, of the plurality of power source throughholes, 70% or more power source through holes having no conductivecircuit extending from the power source through hole in the groundingconductive layer.
 5. A multilayer printed wiring board in whichinterlayer insulation layer and conductive layer are formed on amultilayer core substrate composed of three or more layers, having aplurality of through holes for connecting the front and rear surfacesand conductive layers on the front and rear surfaces and conductivelayer in the inner layer so as to achieve electric connection throughvia holes, said a plurality of through holes being composed of aplurality of power source through holes, a plurality of groundingthrough holes and a plurality of signal through holes connectedelectrically to a power source circuit or a grounding circuit or asignal circuit of an IC chip, when said grounding through holes passthrough the power source conductive layer of the inner layer in themultilayer core substrate, of the plurality of grounding through holes,70% or more grounding through holes having no conductive circuitextending from the grounding through hole in the power source conductivelayer.
 6. A multilayer printed wiring board in which interlayerinsulation layer and conductive layer are formed on a multilayer coresubstrate composed of four or more layers, having a plurality of throughholes for connecting the front and rear surfaces and conductive layerson the front and rear surfaces and conductive layer in the inner layerso as to achieve electric connection through via holes, said multilayerprinted wiring board having the power source through holes described inclaim 4 and the grounding through holes pass through the power sourceconductive layer of the inner layer in the multilayer core substrate, ofthe plurality of grounding through holes, 70% or more grounding throughholes having no conductive circuit extending from the grounding throughhole in the power source conductive layer.
 7. The multilayer printedwiring board according to claim 1 wherein assuming that the sum of thethicknesses of the power source conductive layers in said multilayercore substrate is α1 and the thickness of the conductive layer on theinterlayer insulation layer is α2, the relation of α2<α1≦40α2 exists. 8.The multilayer printed wiring board according to claim 7 wherein said α1is in a relation of 1.2α2≦α1≦40α2.
 9. The multilayer printed wiringboard according to claim 1 wherein the conductive layers on the frontand rear surfaces of said multilayer core substrate are power sourceconductive layers or grounding conductive layers.
 10. The multilayerprinted wiring board according to claim 1 wherein said multilayer coresubstrate has a thick conductive layer in the inner layer and thinconductive layers on the front and rear surfaces.
 11. The multilayerprinted wiring board according to claim 1 wherein the conductive layerof the inner layer in said multilayer core substrate is composed of twoor more layers.
 12. The multilayer printed wiring board according toclaim 1 wherein a capacitor is mounted on the surface thereof.
 13. Amultilayer printed wiring board in which interlayer insulation layer andconductive layer are formed on a multilayer core substrate composed ofthree or more layers, having a plurality of through holes for connectingthe front and rear surfaces and conductive layers on the front and rearsurfaces and conductive layer in the inner layer so as to achieveelectric connection through via holes, said a plurality of through holesbeing composed of a plurality of power source through holes, a pluralityof grounding through holes and a plurality of signal through holesconnected electrically to a power source circuit or a grounding circuitor a signal circuit of an IC chip, when said power source through holespass through the grounding conductive layer of the inner layer in themultilayer core substrate, of the plurality of power source throughholes, part of the power source through hole just below the IC having noconductive circuit extending from the power source through hole in thegrounding conductive layer.
 14. A multilayer printed wiring board inwhich interlayer insulation layer and conductive layer are formed onmultilayer core substrate composed of three or more layers, having aplurality of through holes for connecting the front surface with therear surface and conductive layers on the front and rear surfaces andconductive layer in the inner layer so as to achieve electric connectionthrough via holes, said a plurality of through holes being composed of aplurality of power source through holes, a plurality of groundingthrough holes and a plurality of signal through holes connectedelectrically to a power source circuit or a grounding circuit or asignal circuit of an IC chip, when said grounding through holes passthrough the power source conductive layer of the inner layer in themultilayer core substrate, of the plurality of grounding through holes,part of the grounding through hole just below the IC having noconductive circuit extending from the grounding through hole in thegrounding conductive layer.
 15. A multilayer printed wiring board inwhich interlayer insulation layer and conductive layer are formed on amultilayer core substrate composed of four or more layers, having aplurality of through holes for connecting the front and rear surfacesand conductive layers on the front and rear surfaces and conductivelayer in the inner layer so as to achieve electric connection throughvia holes, said multilayer printed wiring board having the power sourcethrough holes described in claim 13 and the grounding through holes passthrough the power source conductive layer of the inner layer in themultilayer core substrate, of the plurality of grounding through holes,part of the grounding through hole just below the IC having noconductive circuit extending from the grounding through hole in thegrounding conductive layer.
 16. The multilayer printed wiring boardaccording to claim 3 wherein the through holes just below the IC aredisposed in the form of a grid or in a staggered fashion.
 17. Themultilayer printed wiring board according to claim 16 wherein the powersource through holes and grounding through holes just below the IC aredisposed alternately.
 18. The multilayer printed wiring board accordingto claim 6 wherein the power source through hole having no conductivecircuit extending from the power source through hole in the groundingconductive layer and the grounding through hole having no conductivecircuit extending from the grounding through hole in the power sourceconductive layer are disposed in the form of a grid or in the staggeredfashion just below the IC.
 19. The multilayer printed wiring boardaccording to claim 18 wherein the power source through hole having noconductive circuit extending from the power source through hole in thegrounding conductive layer and the grounding through hole having noconductive circuit extending from the grounding through hole in thepower source conductive layer are disposed alternately.
 20. Themultilayer printed wiring board according to claim 15 wherein the powersource through hole having no conductive circuit extending from thepower source through hole in the grounding conductive layer and thegrounding through hole having no conductive circuit extending from thegrounding through hole in the power source conductive layer are disposedin the form of a grid or in the staggered fashion just below the IC. 21.The multilayer printed wiring board according to claim 20 wherein thepower source through hole having no conductive circuit extending fromthe power source through hole in the grounding conductive layer and thegrounding through hole having no conductive circuit extending from thegrounding through hole in the power source conductive layer are disposedalternately.